Final Island Hop: Sabolo

Sabolo marked the final island we visiting during our 4 days in the ocean. It is a very small island which is unoccupied, but has very nice savannah and small hill which makes a beautiful scenery. And as commonlyfound in the islands around here, the sea water are very clear and pristine. Had been in…

Stay in Kanawa Island

Kanawa is a small island west coast of Labuan Bajo, which has large shallow beach surrounding the island, ideal for snorkling. We stayed on the resort for snorkling and “mager” (Indonesian word for ‘doing nothing’) in the beach for whole afternoon, before heading back to our boat for overnight off the coast. Oh, and of…

Chasing Sunrise at Gili Lawa

We spent a night at Gili Lawa, a small island near Komodo Island, which is famous for its beautiful hill and scenery at sunset and sunrise.  While I did take pictures of its sunset from our drone Pelican, the view and experience of catching sunrise there was quite something, apparently.  After Subuh prayer, I and…

Pink Beach and Short Stop at Kampung Komodo

We stopped at Pink Beach for snorkling and playing on the beach. Well, the beach is no longer pink, because our guide said too many people took the pink sands out of the beach. Is it true? Don’t know.  Then we stopped by at Kampung Komodo, a nearby village, to buy some snacks for our…

Life of a Komodo

Such a life of poor young Komodo. Had been ushered by Ranger to come out from their hiding place, she found herself become an object of paparazzi tourists who came within minutes. LOL. Full story below… So this is actually our second encounter with the endangered animal here. After hopping in Padar, our guide took…