Monkey Beach, Flores
Sea Topaz
Duncan Briggs
Fri 26 Aug 2011 04:10
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08.23.458 S 121.00.158 E
The tour by local boat was interesting, but not
great. We were taken to an area where there were lots of fruit bats. These are
big, hang in trees and fly around during the day as well as night. We were taken
ashore after that, we had to get into the water to our waist. That was not easy
as the landing areas was full of rocks. We walked up a hill and sat in a hide
out for more that an our waiting for a komodo dragon to come and eat the goat
that was hung up off a tree. The dragon did not show up. Next thing was a boat
trip to a lovely beach for snorkeling. We got very wet and cold during the trip
and the snorkeling was disappointing. The beach was lovely. Then back to our own
boats.
We left Riung this morning. We did not go very far
and are now anchored on our own in a lovely bay for the rest of the day. We'll
move further west tomorrow.
  The local fishing boats (huge
skiffs!)
The
beach on East Bampa Island
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