20th Anniversary Dream Trip Contest

Great Travel Moment

It seemed so exotic - to be able to finally see in real life the historic Komodo Dragon! Having not even seen a photo, nor looked one up ahead of the trip, I expected to see a green creature about 4' long and about 4" high. Well, it was quite a surprise to find these lizards grow to 11' and can weigh 300 lbs. And they can run really fast! So I did not get too close -but close enough to take this photo of one that had just eaten a local wild pig - and was sleeping it off.