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Another half day of lying by the pool and eating in Golo Hilltop’s restaurant.

Then off to Komodo airport and to Bali.  This time we’re staying close to the airport, near Kuta.

Today we did nothing.  Well, almost nothing.  I walked to town to get brownies from the bakery with Emma.  Most time was spent at the pool, and Jane had a nice sleep.

In the evening we had dinner and spotted these really cute spotted geckos.  They are really noisy.

Erwin our guide picks us up at the hotel early in the morning and takes us to our boat for the day “Tiga Dara” (Three Brothers).  The boat is loaded with coke, sprite, lunch and snorkling equipment.  It’s a 2 hour sail to Rinca against the tide and we have very nice weather.  We see a turtle in the water.

At Rinca there are already a fair number of boats moored.  We meet our guide, Jack, who gets us in front of some dragons quickly.  We make a tour of the island and spot dragons on nests, next to tests and also the birds that dig the actual nests.  We also spot a wild chicken that legs it as soon as we get near.

There are some yachts here but not many.  Opa later says that piracy is still a real problem in some parts of Indonesia.

On the way back we stop at two snorkling places and shoot some video.  The star fish are amazing – they really look like bath toys.  There is a pale pink fish that comes up to you to try to scare you.  We spot a really nice pipe fish.