Leaving Labuan Bajo
Anchorage at Rinca
Looking down the channel
We had to anchore pretty close to shore to leave room inthe channel; lovely mangroves
Peace and quiet; the anhcorage all to ourselves; we understand a rarity!!
Macaque monkeys on the mud flats searching for crabs
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Sunrise walking to the Rinca ranger station
Water Buffalo; one of the Dragons favorite food
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Our first Dragon!!
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Hmmm......Darwin in action; watch out little fella!!
Go away you big brute!!
Posing.....LIG for this big male!!!
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Kun says kneel and I'll get a pic; we say we can't run very fast from that position; he said no worries Pappi:))))
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Monkeys and a piglet!!!
Female Dargon guarding her nest
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She digs many holes to confuse her predators which hole the eggs are in!!
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Monkey checking us out!!
Kun our guide and Kathy
John and Kathy on the savannah
Panoramic view...lovely, but very hot!!!
Kun our guide; he uses the stick to poke the Dragons in a sensitive spot on the head!!
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Dragons eat everthing but the skulls
The 2nd nest but no Dragon; off hunting maybe
The 3rd female; the next was close by
Hmmm......humans for breakfast???
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We saw several deer!!
# males by the kitchen; please kneel for pic...great!!!!
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So do you feed the Dragons; Kun says no; then the kitchen throws out some fish; we watch the mad scramble/fight!!!
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Monkeys watching the show!!
Juvenile Dragon maybe 3-4 years old!!
That's the tongue!!
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Looks like a Jurasic Park entrance
These were several of our dive sites; Siaba and Mauwan
Mauwan where we surviced the big downdraft current
Batu Bolong.....we did 2 dives one on each side; world class for sure!!
The anchorage at Gili Darat; I would later climg the hill!!
Shotgun Alley where the current can rip through; I later snorkeled the channel......excellent!!!
Sunset
One of many beautiful liveabord boats in Komodod
Getting crowded
Manta Mae; later on got to within 10', they did kindly move!!
The evenings were full of lots of jocularity!!
Great Blue Heron hunting
Views from my hike up the hill!!
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