INDONESIA Rinca - Komodo varans

"Varanus komodoensis" is the latin name of these big animals, which were called dragons by the locals. Today you will find them on Komodo, Rinca and also on the northern part of Flores. They live in national parks - and you are guided through the hot landscape by a ranger. It was very hot the day we were there, but we were lucky as we were grethed by a varan on the quay - so we saw one. But after about 1 1/2 hour in the hot sun, we reached an almost dried out water hole, and there we saw two grown up male, lying in the shadow, and hardly noticed us. They were great animals and well worth the long walk. Other animals we saw on the trip were lots of monkeys, deers and a lot of different birds

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Ready to set sail for the island

He welcomed us	We are there	Ready to explore

Its possible to stay over on the island and explore more

The first we met - very tired in the shadows of the trees

The second we met - more on alert

This was bigger	Back though the very dry landscape

After a successfull trip we could relax on the boat back to Flores

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