Whose idea was this?? Ende to Bauwae

We cycled around down to the port area, promptly getting confused with the one way streets and morning traffic. We stopped to ask a guy which way out of town, he jumped on his bike & escorted us through the narrow streets & few km to the main rd. Such cheerful helpful people, all seem amazed we are biking the island. Lovely coast road this morning, shady for a bit, making good progress , around 20km done in no time. Sunday here, everyone in the villages just sitting outside their houses watching the world go by or this day, US! Kids so excited, all calling hello and waving, not much traffic.  Stopped to eat our snacks of boiled eggs, crackers & fruit about 10.30
That's where I would have liked the day to stop... We understood it was about 45 km to the next hotel at Bouwae. Looking back we r not sure where that info came from. We started climbing & climbing. It was incredibly hot, wet our shirts every opportunity. We felt like we needed an intravenous liquid drip, we could not get enough water in. Was really open and treeless, lots of road works, such slow going in the heat of the day. Everytime we asked someone how many km to Bouwae we were told something different. We hit the wall at the 50 km. Stopped to rest every couple of kms. Found some more  'pocari sweat' a type of  replacement drink which was great, even though it was warm. No fridges today, not even much food though I think we were past eating. About 4pm it started to level out a bit & cool down a little. But still no sign of a big town. By 5.45 we were starting to plan a wilderness stay but were assurred it was only a few km away. Just on dark rolled into this town. Had to find a second wind to chase this lovely man & his  daughter on a motorbike another 5 km in the dark through busy rds to where he thought the hotel was. Turned out it was a homestay, or more of a boarding place where longterm Indonesian people stay. But i think the lovely old lady owner took pity on us & agreed to give us a room for the night. We were so exhausted. 10.5 hrs and 88 km later. Quite an adequate private outside room, in a block if 5, no shower but a tap. Mattress still had the plastic on it. But we would have stayed anywhere at that point.  Managed to cook up some tubs of noodles for dinner, wash our filthy clothes and were asleep before 8. Was not prepared for that big a day at all. That hill was not made for biking!! Woke up around 6 to find a tray outside our door with a flask of hot water, tea/coffee and sweet rolls. Awesome and all inclusive price of $10 So lucky to find that place, a real gem