I'm on a boat!

To be honest, I was a little hesitant to go on a four day boat trip from Lombok Island to Flores when Cassie and I first talked about it. The price was pretty steep and living on a boat didn't really appeal to me, but after some debating we both agreed that it was something different and a great way to find ourselves on an island that hasn't been as touched by tourists. Plus we would be stopping on Komodo Island to see the largest dragons in the world.

There were three boats in our fleet, each sleeping 20 tourists. We choose to sleep on the top deck towards the front hoping it would be a bit smoother when we hit rough seas. The crew of six or so would be cooking us breakfast, lunch, and dinner as we laid around on the deck snapping pics of endless blue seas and hundreds of uninhabited islands all around us.

Luckily we boarded on the best boat; we had an energetic guide and a group of young travelers from Germany, Holland, Austria, and Indonesia who we quickly became friends with. We filled our days reading, sunbathing, snorkeling and a few drinking games before we reached our destination. Once on land and after much needed showers we reconviened with our new friends to have an italian dinner before everybody parted ways.