To Reuteng

It took us nearly 3.5 hours to get back to Labuanbajo against the current, but I didn’t mind. We started at 05:30 and the sun was still low.  The air and sea spray were cool, enough to wake me up after just a few hours of sleep the night before. Once back in Labuanbajo I [...]

Man eating lizards – finally!

“Hissssss….” I was staring down a full sized female Komodo dragon just a few feet from her nest and she was hissing at me. She made a few steps in our direction just to emphasize the point that we were pissing her off and she could kill us with just one bite.  My guide, a [...]

Welcome to Flores

“Sorry sir, the flight has been canceled.” I could have guessed.  Starting at 08:00 this morning I had asked for updates on my missing flight every hour on the hour and they always told me to come back an hour later.  8 hours later and I was still sitting in Denpassar airport in Kuta waiting [...]

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