Situated on a narrow peninsula with flat-topped Gunung Meja and the active volcano Gunung Ipi at the sea end, the port of ENDE is the largest town on Flores and provides access for Keli Mutu and Moni. Ende suffered severe damage in the 1992 earthquake that razed Maumere and killed several hundred people here. The town still seems shaken by the whole thing - ramshackle, battered and with little to attract the tourist other than banks and ferries to other destinations. However, black-sand beaches stretch down both east and west coasts: the Bajawa road runs right along the seafront, so just catch a bemo out to Ndao bus terminal and the beach begins right there. The town is also an ideal starting point for exploring villages that specialize in ikat weaving. NGELLA is a weaving village about 30km east from Wolowaru terminal in Ende, near the coast: take a bemo or truck (Rp1500).