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Diving Komodo with the Indo Siren

In May 2011 we spent three weeks in Indonesia. A big part of that trip was ten days aboard the dive boat Indo Siren. Aside from great diving we got the opportunity to see monkeys, deer, pigs, eagles, buffalo, and best of all... dragons!
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Dusky prawn
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Dusky prawn

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  • From the top of the island we see The Indo Siren awaiting our return
  • Blackstripe cardinalfish with parasitic copepod
  • Pair of Small Cuttlefish
  • Short-talied pipefish
  • Red crinoid
  • Glossodoris cincta nudibranch
  • Princess damselfish
  • Divers approach a black and white crinoid
  • Large numbers of small fish live in the healthy and pristine corals
  • Bignose unicornfish
  • Humphead wrasse
  • I found several of these, of different sizes. The dive guide thought they were some kind of coral. Nothing could be seen inside, even when backlit. Could they be cuttlefish eggs?
  • Dusky prawn
  • Barchin scorpionfish
  • A solitary snapper
  • At dawn we loaded the dingys for a land tour of Komodo National Park
  • Dragon close-up
  • A water buffalo complains about being disturbed from his mud hole
  • Deer eek out a living along with the dragons
  • Blue-ringed octopus
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