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| Stew Gitlin | profile | all galleries >> Java/Bali >> Komodo Islands | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
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 Flying from Bali to Labuan Bajo on the island of Flores for our Komodo Islands adventure |
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 Flores Harbor - the gateway to Komodo and Rinca Islands, home of the Komodo Dragons |
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 Traveling by high-speed boat to Komodo Island for our first search for the Komodo Dragons |
 Our bow lookout |
 The port at Komodo Island |
 We took the ~90 minute Medium Trek in search of dragons |
 Deer are one of the main prey of the dragons as they lay in camouflage ambush waiting for prey |
 Our first of three dragons we spotted on the island |
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 On our trip to Rinca Island, we took a larger slower boat for the trip |
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 A fishing village with its own school, on a pretty small island |
 The boat's chef, preparing ingredients for our lunch |
 Arrived at Rinca Island |
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 We managed to see 7 dragons on Rinca, two of them actively searching for food |
 Their forked tongue is their primary olfactory sensor, able to detect dead meat 5 - 8 km away |
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 Two of 3 dragons congregating near the kitchen facilities of the camp |
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 Our second active dragon, with the classic forked tongue |
 Good view of the forked tongue |
 The tongue can actually split the entire length in smelling for food |
 Much more interesting to see active dragons than ones just laying there |
 Returning to the port of Labuan Bajo |
 Bamboo plants line the path to a small cave complex that we visited on our last morning in Flores before returning to Bali |
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 Reflections at the airport |
 Mt. Agung, as we flew from Labuan Bajo back to Bali |
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