Blogs from Komodo, Indonesia, Asia - page 5

June 12, 2010 Boating to Flores Island through Komodo National Park Day Two This is night number three of the live-aboard experience. We set sail from Gili Trawangan and are taking this sail boat one way to Labuanbajo on Flores. Seventeen dives, eleven passengers, eight nights (since we are one-way it will be five nights), four crewmen, and three dive instructors. We are passing by unpopulated islands, an occasional volcano, and gorgeous sunrises and sunsets. A school of dolphins just swam along the boat, leaping into the air as we cheered them on. We are loving this experience! I have never even spent one night on a boat, so it is all new to me. The highlight of the trip is supposed to be tomorrow when we explore Komodo National Park, home to the monitor lizard ... read more

KOMODO ISLAND - EASTER SUNDAY If I’m not home for Easter, this is a cool (not very) place to be. After two sea days we arrived at Komodo and anchored at six a.m. I had been up for an hour at this point, so excited and a little nervous that I might be seeing the largest lizard on earth today. At six, the temperature was 86 degrees and the humidity was 85%. Slawi Bay was a calm as a mirror and there were a few clouds in the sky. My tour left at 7:30 and we tendered to the dock. When we walked down the dock a medium size Komodo Dragon was on the beach to meet us. It would have been a successful day right then. These animals are large, this one about five feet ... read more

Today, Regent Seven Seas Cruises had a special event for the World Cruisers in the port of Komodo, Indonesia…The Komodo Dragons. On the approach to Pulau Komodo, a tiny island 22 miles long and 9 miles across at its widest point, it’s hard to imagine that this island is the home of the fearsome dragons described by late-19th century explorers. The Komodo dragon is a dinosaur-like reptile believed to date back to the Jurassic Age, and thought to be extinct until rediscovered in 1912. The island is located in the Indonesian region of Nusa Tengarra, and at first glance it looks like a tranquil island with the trees and grasses sloping down to the bays of clear-glass waters, and white-sand beaches with quiet shorelines. But then you realize that this is the island inhabited by 13-foot ... read more

This is my trip report to see Komodo Dragons in their habitat, the Komodo National Park. I have been to Komodo National Park many times… but I am still excited to go there again and again.. Actually our plan to explore two main islands of Komodo National Park, Rinca Island and Komodo Island. On the first day we will go to Rinca Island, next day to Komodo Island… But we changed it, after see Komodo dragons in Rinca we though it was enough and better explore villages and some places around Labuanbajo - Flores island. I am glad that we had right decision so, we had opportunity to stop an a market, a traditional market where people selling their daily needs. Walk around a nice village with head of village, see house, people activities, meet and ... read more

oftewel : "Toe kom mee naar snorkelland" voor onze allerliefste Belgskes! For some memories of good old times, click the video at the bottom. Its a hint at what we have been doing the last weeks and We have been humming this song quite a lot :-) We are now back in Asia and more precisely Indonesia. Yes, again Indonesia! We allready visited Java, Sulawesi and Papua earlier on our trip. Now we explored some smaller islands. Our quest after two months travelling on a tight shedule: relaxing, doing absolutely nothing worth mentioning here, island hopping, snorkelling and beach spotting. The result: succeeded! If you want to go island hopping, there is probably no better place then Indonesia. Indonesians like to refer to their country as "the land of a thousand islands" and yes, they even ... read more