Family Mellmann

A traditional Indonesian breakfast. Today is our last day on land (and with Internet). In about an hour we will be collected by the dive boat to begin our live aboard scuba adventure.

Today we watched the sun rise and fall over the islands surrounding Flores, Komodo, and Rinca from the deck of our boat. We left at 05:30 for a four hour boat ride to the island of Komodo where we observed many dragons during our ninety minute hike. Once we (we have been travelling in a group of six couples, all the men work for Mentor Graphics) were back on the boat we suited up for a snorkel at Pink Beach. And yes, it does have pink sand, but the lighting has to just right to capture it in pictures. However, when you stand on the beach it's easy to see the broken bits of red and pink coral that tint the sand. After a little lunch and a cruise around several islands, we were at Rinca to observe more Komodos on another ninety minute hike. As we ended our hike we were pleased to spot wild monkeys moving through the low lands. Until I can process all of pictures, here's one of the sunset as we cruised back to Flores (where our hotel is).