Last night we anchored near Labuan Bajo on the west end of Flores. It was a rough night of sleep. We had to put covers on. The temp got down to 78.8f (26c) last night. And I've been forced to wear a t-shirt! And the water temp is down to 87. Miserable. Thats what we get for moving south to 8.5d south I suppose. And yesterday we didn't find the monkeys we were looking for. Life sucks.

Ok, enough whining. Lets focus on the positives. We are right on the edge of the Komodo national park. Today we'll go into town, re-provision a bit. Maybe find someone to do laundry (hopefully they won't dry it over their campfire like they did in Banda -- all of my clothes still smell like campfire smoke). Perhaps visit a dive shop for some info on dive sites in the area--they are supposed to be great. And in a couple of days we'll sail into the park and check out the wildlife. There is supposed to be a lot of interesting stuff in addition to the Komodo Dragons. Maybe we'll find monkeys. I like monkeys.

P.S. the pic is of one of our anchorages in Papua. The left side of the waterfall was covered in purple and white orchids.