So yeah, why do the giant lizards bother fucking when they eat their own babies.
Day 2 of our dragon mission found us on Komodo. Total distance walked, about 5km. Total dragons spotted, 0. Total Deer seen 8. The mission to find the elusive Dragon was as fruitless as the trek to bathe in the 'Baku Waterfall'. To paraphrase the uboat, 'I didn't come here to see the damned Komodo Deer'
The one good thing about Komodo was the wonderfully fancy toilets that were recently built. Since none of us wanted to go on the boat, and most of us were too civilized to go in the sea, we welcomed the nice loos on the island.
A single, solitary dragon suddenly appeared to save the day. I could not imagine saying "I went to Komodo, but didn't see a dragon". At least we saw ONE before we left the island. If we hadn't, I already decided to start calling them Rinca Dragons since they do not deserve the Komodo name.
We left the island by 9.30am, and spent the day floating along on the Flores sea, sailing from one snorkel site to another.
We finally stopped for the day at Kanawa Island. There was no Frenchman feeding a goat on the island this time.
After the best dinner of the trip, we celebrated Horfun's birthday that wasn't. We had sneakily bought a cake, a 2 and 7 candle, and surprised her after dinner. Turns out we were a day early. Henceforth, June 29 is Not-Horfun's-Birthday.
Note for future missions, do NOT anchor at Kanawa Island for the night. Find a nice quiet protected bay. The dock at Kanawa Island is insanely exposed and it gets very very very very very cold and windy at night.
Day 2 of our dragon mission found us on Komodo. Total distance walked, about 5km. Total dragons spotted, 0. Total Deer seen 8. The mission to find the elusive Dragon was as fruitless as the trek to bathe in the 'Baku Waterfall'. To paraphrase the uboat, 'I didn't come here to see the damned Komodo Deer'
The one good thing about Komodo was the wonderfully fancy toilets that were recently built. Since none of us wanted to go on the boat, and most of us were too civilized to go in the sea, we welcomed the nice loos on the island.
A single, solitary dragon suddenly appeared to save the day. I could not imagine saying "I went to Komodo, but didn't see a dragon". At least we saw ONE before we left the island. If we hadn't, I already decided to start calling them Rinca Dragons since they do not deserve the Komodo name.
We left the island by 9.30am, and spent the day floating along on the Flores sea, sailing from one snorkel site to another.
We finally stopped for the day at Kanawa Island. There was no Frenchman feeding a goat on the island this time.
After the best dinner of the trip, we celebrated Horfun's birthday that wasn't. We had sneakily bought a cake, a 2 and 7 candle, and surprised her after dinner. Turns out we were a day early. Henceforth, June 29 is Not-Horfun's-Birthday.
Note for future missions, do NOT anchor at Kanawa Island for the night. Find a nice quiet protected bay. The dock at Kanawa Island is insanely exposed and it gets very very very very very cold and windy at night.
Note: Rickey's birthday wish is to own an Inflatable Dutch Wife.
Sunrise over Komodo
Komodo World Heritage Shite with no Dragons.
Komodo Deer, not Komodo Dragon
Our guide brought us off the trail to look at the huge knob of male palm plant.
The view of Komodo Bay
The InLaws
Our Boat
More Komodo Deer
The One and Only Dragon on Komodo Island
The underwater housing I bought for the trip pretty much paid for itself.
Photographing the photographer - underwater
Self-Portrait
Did Rickey just poo into the sea (again), you decide. No photoshopfoolery was used in the making of this photo.
Divebomb off the top of Captain Mat's boat.
Another beautiful sunset over the Flores Sea
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