Lombok Island, Indonesia

We left Labuan Bajo, otherwise known as LBJ on the morning of   August 31st. For the island of Rinca the home of the famous Komodo Dragons. We anchored up in a very sheltered bay next to the ranger station. There was lots of wild life in the bay with fish jumping all over the place and Capuchin monkeys swinging from the mangroves and eating crabs on the beach. David and Marion from Killkea II and the two of us went ashore the following morning to see the creatures. We had a very good guide called Kuba who spoke English and he took us for a tour  of the reserve. We saw many Komodos of various sizes from large, aggressive looking males to one year old babies and all in between. We also saw a water buffalo but none of the wild pigs and horses that also inhabit the island. We then went on to Gili Lawa Laut on the north side of Komodo Island. This was a spectacular bay with crystal clear water to twenty meters plus. We spent a few days on the beach and diving on the many superb reefs surrounding the bay. The Admiral has become quite brave with her snorkeling and even did a drift dive through one of the passes. We saw lots of fish and coral while sliding along with the current at about four knots. We would have stayed longer in this idyllic  spot but a big swell came up from the north which made for an uncomfortable roll so we left for the island of Gili Banta where we spent the night on comfort and shelter. On the following day, we again went westward to the island of Lombok, which has volcanoes, resorts and other attractions. We covered the 180 miles overnight with quite a lot of breeze and stopped for the night in the NE corner of Lombok at a place called Gila Lawang. A bit tricky to get into but very quiet behind the reef once in. We left this morning in 15 knots of breeze looking for a nice sail to the west side of Lombok but the wind has died and we are motoring slowly against the tide. Oh well, it's all good in paradise! Photos soon once we get to Lombok.