Sailing east from Bali across the famous Wallace Line, you pass the jungle-clad peaks of Sumbawa and the soaring cone of Sangeang volcano before entering a tangle of islands that seems to be cut off from the world by the treacherous currents notorious among sailors.ĭespite being world famous for its dragons, the Komodo archipelago boasts dozens of outlying paradise islets that rarely see a human's footprint © Mark Eveleigh
It’s as if the islands are trying to live up to the legend of their dragons. Dragon islands - how people live alongside the world's largest venomous reptileĮven on a bright, sunny day there’s something ominous about the Komodo archipelago.
