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Old May 27, 2008 | 5:41 am
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Hubertus
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Milan, Italy
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By the way, the trip from Labuanbajo to Komodo was very short and the sea very calm. You may try to ask (as we did) to go back by plane from Labuanbajo instead of sailing. You get to stay a little bit more in Komodo and avoid the rough part of the trip. On the other hand, you would miss a few special places like Banta Island and other small islets on the trip.

See the satellite shots of google maps (or google earth) of the area:

this is Amanwana
http://maps.google.it/?ie=UTF8&om=1&...,0.003648&z=18
The big dark canopy is the restaurant/lounge. The light ones are the tents.
If you move southeast with the arrows you will notice the seaplane dock and the sun-deck with umbrellas

this is Banta Island
http://maps.google.it/?ie=UTF8&om=1&...,0.058365&z=14

this is a group of isles north of Rinja (among them, Tatawa and Damar, don't ask me which ones they are...)
http://maps.google.it/?ie=UTF8&om=1&...3,0.11673&z=13

this is the dock and starting point of the dragon-spotting trip in Komodo
http://maps.google.it/?ie=UTF8&om=1&...,0.003648&z=18

this is a beach in Komodo (very similar to the Pink Beach, but I am not sure to pick the exact location)
http://maps.google.it/?ie=UTF8&om=1&...,0.003648&z=18
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