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| a Google map of Komodo Island. The blue dot indicates where our ship is as we sail into Slawi Bay |
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| Komodo Island before sunrise |
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| sailing into Slawi Bay on Komodo Island |
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| we had to tender to the dock |
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| where the tenders let us off |
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| We did the "Long Trek" |
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| starting out our walk |
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| The first dragons we saw. There were 4 of them at this waterhole |
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| we could get fairly close to them |
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Saliva dripping from his mouth. The saliva is poisonous and they also secrete an anti-coagulant which gets into their pray when they bite them. The pray will eventually bleed to death. |
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| a dragon's nest |
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| Thisi one opened his mouth for us |
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| This one is using his tongue to smell for pray |
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| this one took a walk for use, It walked down the path past the cafe |
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| Park ranger was watching him closely |
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| We were following him down the path. They told the people who were walking towards us to move oaff the path |
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| We followed him through the tress as he headed towards the beach |
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| He walked down the beach. People were taking pictures |
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| Our ship in the background |
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| He laid down on the sand to rest. |
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| a smaller one came walking up the beach |
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| time top head back to the ship |
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| Another Sail-away |
leaving Komodo Island
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| sunset |
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