The Indonesian government is promoting tourism and supports a sailing event every year so this year it is Sail Komodo held in Labaunbajo on the island of Flores.
We are amongst 30 sailing boats and about the same number of ships, mostly Navy, and a few from Singapore and China so we are all anchored with them in the bay, looks great at night as they have all their decorative lights on.
We have the use of a resort while we are here, pool. lounge and bar area so it has been a wonderful place to meet the other yachties and swap stories.
We went on a day trip to see a cave and a traditional village, we got to taste the local alcohol arack and try beetle nut, they performed some dances for us to their local music, we had a good day.
We also went to two dinners and on Saturday joined in the sail past with all the ships for the president of Indonesia so we have had a very busy social time here, I did manage to get two massages in,ten dollars an hour ! just what I needed after all that sheet pulling, hand washing and bread making and rowing.
After four days of festivities we headed for Rinca Island a national park to see the Komoda Dragons, which are a type of very large monitor lizard. We had a guide who takes you on a walk to see them in their natural environment, we saw five in the few hours that we were there.
We watched a couple of monkeys digging for crabs on the mud bank close to the boat also some sea eagles on the prowl. The islands here are dry grassy hill types with lots of reef in between, our anchorage the next day was in a bay with reef in very clear water we could see the anchor hooked in the side of a small Bombie in twenty meters of water.
Ken took the opportunity to make water.....170 liters in 50 minutes, it lasts us two weeks.
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