Komodo National Park Trip (Part 2)

Was very very good dinner in the boat. The cook in charge to prepare the meal is a young guy, his food is amazing. Or may be we just really hungry. the day was tiring enough to make us sleep early after the dinner.

Most of us woke up early and we found our boat was the first one stay right at Loh Buaya gate. Some monkeys stay in the pier, try to jump in the boat, or they are interested to the coconut we have. The crews tried all the time to keep them away. We are ready at 7 am to start the walk around Rinca. The ticket guys still not there, and the ranger just finish breakfast.

The reason we start early is to avoid the crowd, there's a news that people and some boats are waiting long at Padar Island the day before. Fauzi the guide said we should not waiting to long just to land in the island.

When we reach the entrance gate then we passing a river bed which sometimes dry. It is like a wadi. That time near the first entrance laying a komodo dragon on the path way where we should walk. We have to walk a round the komodo dragon where the river is.

There's some group of Komodo laying around near the camp house, where the kitchen is. There's where the only place where the bunch of Komodo we spot. The other animal we could spot is some Maleo bird. The rangers said, those bird which always dig the ground, for the Komodo to lay their eggs. Some kind of camouflage to hide from predator. 

We took a short course, these consist a walk at the jungle, the hill up and a view from the top to the bay. Just a short walk some friends did not feel good. They said the smells from the Komodo are terrible, which I could not smells it. Intan did not feel good at all and start vomiting. I am not sure it come from the smells. I thought it come from the heat we got the day before and a night sleeping outdoor, with very high humidity bring very wet dew in early morning. People not used to it could get sick. 

Snowy at Loh Buaya

There's a story in Rinca which really hard for me to write it. It make me really sad to remember that moment.

Somehow, I was little bit serious when we start to walk that morning. I made a short speech, said to all the group, please not to underestimate, watch where you walk, don't stay away from the group, and keep follow to the guide and the rangers. Loh Buaya - Rinca Island is a wild place, animals are wild, the nature are wild.

We split into two when Intan get sick. Some of us walk first to reach the hill top while some are waiting for Intan to recover.
It was a happy moment when we have enough time to make pictures. Jumping around like teenagers. When we are in the safe place the two rangers are take care for Intan.

Still could jumping high

When we finish at the hill top we start walk down back to the camp. Then we heard that Bonar has problem, he may broke his leg. I did not see myself how that happen. When we heard that, everybody instead of quite and calm they getting nervous, everybody make bla bla bla, start talking like they know better. Intan ex. FA, though that she knows everything, of course she has training for that but herself not fit enough to do something, with big voice start make order to the rangers to do this to do that, herself really in trouble from get sick. Danang get nervous and start talking this and that, everybody too much bla bla bla. I was so nervous to see how my friends acting like a child, I was really fed up. How many times I had to say be quite, be quite, and no one listen to me, made me very upset. And down near the camp the bunch of Komodo on their way to the sleeping place got excited to hear us. It was a terrifying moment. The rangers has to help to bring Bonar down, and down the bunch of Komodo ready to attack us because we are too noisy.

Alhamdulillah that the Komodos still full stomach and too lazy to hunt us down. We could safely reach the camp. But we all shock, still did not know what we will do next.

Once we reach the boat we have to decided where to go. That time I was ready to cancel all the trip and bring Bonar to the hospital at Labuhan Bajo. But when Bonar hear that there's a tradional healer at the Island at Kampung Rinca, he choose himself to go to that lady healer. I did not want to get involved to his decision. The Capten made mayday announcement since we change our route and we heading to Kampung Rinca.

We stay half day at the pier at Kampung Rinca. I have a trip around that small village, this is a Bajau village, very poor place, where people mostly living from fishing, and make dried fish they sell in Labuhan Bajo.

The kids at the pier of Kampung Rinca

Kampung Rinca, the store

Making fishing boat

Everybody busy from what I did not know, and we had very late lunch. I have terrible day, suddenly I got terrible headache, I can not eat dinner, thrown up everything in my stomach and talking with the toilet. I got fever too. And did not know what to do, I took my normal medicine it did not help at all, but I scare to take a stronger medicine, since most of the time drugs like paracetamol could make me worse. I tried to sleep but I could not, the whole body was aching, sore and pain in the back and bone. I took Antimo just to make sleep better. It was not a good day for us.