Pint size dragon hunters
The team of explorers were Alena and Thomas, who were joining the Jaya for a liveaboard and had just completed their SSI Advanced Adventurer course with Wicked (congrats guys!), DMT Calle, Instructor Jo and a couple of pint sized heros – Omi and Yana.
Also, not to be overlooked, are the big wide smiles and sense of fun which is always present in Indonesian culture.
Although Omi and Yana both live in the nearby town of Ruteng, neither of them had visited the fabled dragons, so we thought it was time for them to have a day trip away from Labuan Bajo. They also seemed to be just the right size for dragon food – we jest, we jest!
During the day Omi and Yana learnt that the dragons can run up to 18 km per hour, that the baby dragons live in trees and eat geckos until they are 1 year old to avoid being eaten by the bigger, scarier adults, dragons can live for 50 years and would have no qualms in taking on a water buffalo should the situation present itself.
We were lucky enough to see a number of dragons large and small on the trek and also were lucky enough to witness a large water buffalo grazing just metres away from us. All in all it was a fun and educational day for all and luckily we all returned in one piece.
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