We are now in Komodo National Park located in the lessor Sunda islands. Early morning venture to see the Komodo dragons. They can be over 300 pounds and be 9 feet long. It looks very deserted with brown landscape and dead cactus. The cactus was attacked by a form of mosquito that drains all of the water in the cactus and kills it. The landscape looks a bit scary. What a good backdrop to view the monster lizards. We were very lucky. We saw 9 dragons today. The kids on the trip claimed 11 but I am going with my unofficial count. We were actually on Rinca Island at Loh Buaya Park because they see dragons more often there. We hiked for about two hours and saw dragon nests, baby dragons and several adult water buffalo which are one of the dragon dining pleasures. The dragon nests are as large as the dragon across and down. The make numerous holes to appear like eggs are everywhere for protection. 15-30 eggs are laid and covered which take 8-9 months to hatch. The new komodos are only 20cm and typically live in the trees for up to the first 2 years of their life. The dragon population has been staying fairly stable and they can live to around 50 years.