Golo Ara

Lion fish, cuttlefish, and Komodo fucking Dragons is what we saw the last 2 days. We went on a 2 day one night boat trip to different snorkeling places and to Rinca and Komodo island which form Komodo national park and are home to the famous reptiles. Most of the visible dragons sit round the ranger stations where they probably get fed regularly. But we were lucky enough to see one out in the open at a local watering hole, actually moving and not attacking us in the same time. Pretty impressive, huge and scary animals.

After that, we went snorkeling on pink beach, where red corals give the sand its redish colour. Final spot was Kanuwa island, an amazing snorkeling spot where we saw the aforementioned fishes.

The night on the boat we spent drinking with a British couple we met the day before in our hostel and an Irish/Australian couple we met on the boat. Everybody else probably hated us cause we weren't exactly quiet playing "heads up" (hint: check your app stores) till AFTER midnight (!) - which is actually quite late when you sleep on deck and will be woken up by the sunrise at 5.30 am. But we left the boat in Komodo to head back to Labuan Bajo while they continued their cruise to Lombok. So all in all it was a great trip to Flores and well worth the money we spent. Now we'll get back on a plane heading back for a last night on Bali. Then: Java!Read more