In English: It is our last day on Flores Island today. Our flight back to Bali leaves at 3.25 pm (local time) and on Monday we leave Indonesia for good, for now, and head off to Singapore.
Yesterday we just chilled by the pool all day at a place called Molas Café here in Labuan Bajo. One of the guys at the dive shop said it was good, and it was.
The day before however, we were out on the sea all day to go see the famous Komodo dragons – world´s largest, now living, lizard. At 5.20 am we got picked up from our hotel and dropped off at our boat. A big and nice one thankfully. You have no idea how many horror stories we have read about these boats.. That people have got stranded for hours because of engine failure, that the amount of life jackets have been way less than the amount of passengers, that there has not been enough food for everyone etc. The day before we did our diving, five boats sank in the harbor.. Our trip went smoothly though, with just one exception. When we were about to leave our first stop we got tied up with a smaller boat, but it was sorted quite fast :).
Our first stop by the way, was Padar Island with white, black and pink beaches. Ex amount of stairs took us to the top and delivered an amazing view. Very Instagram friendly, haha.
Our second stop was a snorkeling stop at a pink beach. Since we took our dive certificates snorkeling feels a bit lame but it had to do. Haha, just kidding, it was fine!
Our third stop was the main stop of our tour – Rinca Island to see the famous Komodo dragons. You can see the dragons on both Komodo and Rinca but since Rinca is smaller we had heard the chances of seeing them were better, and Rinca is located closer to Labuan Bajo as well. ”Only” two hours away rather than three to four. And yes, we saw them. Maybe eight of them in total. Such powerful animals! What was a bit of a disappointment was that we saw them all, except one, directly at the park entrance where all the houses are. Even though they are not being fed they smell the food from the kitchens and hangout in the shadows of the buildings. It would have been more fun to see them in the woods. We did a guided 5 km walk in order to see them but the dedication from the guide was none so it was a quite pointless walk. Since the islands of Komodo National Park are the only places in the world where you can see the dragons we are quite happy to have seen them at least, close to buildings or not.
On our way back to the mainland our final stop was at a magical, cute little island with crystal clear and turquoise water, perfectly timed with sunset. It