Labuan Bajo

Labuan Bajo was a busy stop and apparently the heart of the Sail Komodo festivities. Since we arrived a few days early we took some time to explore the town. This stop kept us well fed with all the gala dinners here! I also took the opportunity to go diving.

Last sunset prior to arriving at Labuan Bajo. It was getting late and we found a good anchorage. We don't even know the name of it.

Here is Ali is pretending to be a local fisherwoman or maybe she just got a ride.

We were well received with a dinner and a dance competition.

Here is one of the winners. We met this young fellow in Lembata if you remember him.

This is the team from Alor. I love those headpieces.

Ali going for a dive.  I wish I had lots of diving pictures to show you but my iPhone case is only good for 3 meters and we were definitely deeper than that. Labuan Bajo is known for its great diving sites and my dive was absolutely amazing. I saw sharks, baby sharks, turtles, eels, and purple and a black banded snake that looked straight out of a Dr. Seuss book.

We got to enjoy the town parade while eating sorbet. This one looks just like Tropicbird!

The little princess.

We spent a day at Komodo National Park to go visit this little fellow. He is about a year old and lucky his mom didn't turn him into an omelet. Komodos are canibalistic!

This one is for Rich. Here orchids just grow on trees and nobody takes them in and out or sprays them up. You'd go crazy!

That is a momma komodo taking a nap from not eating her young.

Here is papa, looking after momma and showing you some claws to keep some distance.

This is the artsy picture of the post. The back of the Bajo Ecolodge. Thanks for letting us use your pool, showers and keeping our beers cold.

More Labuan Bajo on the next post!