I have fallen in an open sea acquarium and in a tourist trap in the same day in my excursion trip of the Komodo national park.....life's equilibrium...
I have just flown/returned to Bali, and believe it or not I am in Legian, that is in between Kuta and Seminyak, for tonight....for those who haven't been here it's considered the party place of South East Asia, let's say something like Cancun or Ibiza, for those who haven't been either in Cancun or Ibiza, let's say somewhere in the world where alcohol and drugs and sex are not used in moderation!!
what am I, me doing here in my "no temptations" and "senses controlling" journey of South East Asia??...nothing really, I just wanted to see why so many people talk about it...I actually ended up in a super cool boutique hostel and I have planned a day tomorrow drinking just fruit juices only, all over there are shops, or moving stalls blending dragon fruits, mangos, huge papayas, tamarinds, soursops, weird salaks, gigantic durians and more..
....back to yesterday's boat trip to the island of Rinca where you can be lucky to come to close encounters with lazy and nearly domesticated dragons of Komodo..they are wild on their own islands but of course not to disappoint the tourists easy to spot, as they must get fed cause some are mostly hanging out around the kitchen of the rangers....being the only place in the world where it's possible to see them I guess we humans have no other choice....
On the other side though, the dive at Batu Bolong has been extremely exciting, a super tiny rock/island breaking strong currents of the open water and attracting millions of fish...you are surrounded by thousands of tiny orange ones, with a super coral and a lively/busy acquarium atmosphere....
a little (less than 2 metres long) white tip reef shark noticed our presence and swam with us too, a huge Napoleon fish (with remora) and a couple of turtles so big that me in "shashankasana" (hare pose) could look smaller next to them!!!.....it was an impressive dive indeed and as usual meditative... ...in the night went back for some more "local air" at the harbour side market/restaurants.....
close up of live squid at fish market/restaurant on the harbour side of Labuan Bajo
I have just flown/returned to Bali, and believe it or not I am in Legian, that is in between Kuta and Seminyak, for tonight....for those who haven't been here it's considered the party place of South East Asia, let's say something like Cancun or Ibiza, for those who haven't been either in Cancun or Ibiza, let's say somewhere in the world where alcohol and drugs and sex are not used in moderation!!
what am I, me doing here in my "no temptations" and "senses controlling" journey of South East Asia??...nothing really, I just wanted to see why so many people talk about it...I actually ended up in a super cool boutique hostel and I have planned a day tomorrow drinking just fruit juices only, all over there are shops, or moving stalls blending dragon fruits, mangos, huge papayas, tamarinds, soursops, weird salaks, gigantic durians and more..
....back to yesterday's boat trip to the island of Rinca where you can be lucky to come to close encounters with lazy and nearly domesticated dragons of Komodo..they are wild on their own islands but of course not to disappoint the tourists easy to spot, as they must get fed cause some are mostly hanging out around the kitchen of the rangers....being the only place in the world where it's possible to see them I guess we humans have no other choice....
playing hide-and-seek...they can run up to 18 km/h our guide said....
On the other side though, the dive at Batu Bolong has been extremely exciting, a super tiny rock/island breaking strong currents of the open water and attracting millions of fish...you are surrounded by thousands of tiny orange ones, with a super coral and a lively/busy acquarium atmosphere....
a little (less than 2 metres long) white tip reef shark noticed our presence and swam with us too, a huge Napoleon fish (with remora) and a couple of turtles so big that me in "shashankasana" (hare pose) could look smaller next to them!!!.....it was an impressive dive indeed and as usual meditative... ...in the night went back for some more "local air" at the harbour side market/restaurants.....
close up of live squid at fish market/restaurant on the harbour side of Labuan Bajo
Indonesian Ratatouille at work....(bottom left!!!)
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