Indonesia consist of 18,000 islands of which 6,000 are inhabited with a population of 270 million.

Day 54 - Komodo National Park

We walk on a platform to view the Komodo Dragons that look like they came from a Steven Spielberg movie. They are the largest lizard weighing up to 150 lbs, a length of 10 feet and speed of 12 miles/hour.

Video of Komodo Dragon using its tongue to sense prey that include buffalo and dear. They will bite there prey with venom and come back later to eat them. (If video does not appear, refresh the page or hit Direct link Video button.)

Day 55 - 56 Bali. I have never seen a more happy group of people who would smile and wave to you as we travel on our tours. Their main religion in Hindu and they have three different calendars that they use.

We had dinner at a restaurant that was located in a bird park and there were birds on display. Louella decided to allow a bird on her him but told the bird don't you #@!$ on my arm.

After dinner we attended a Bali ritual.

There are over 10,000 Hindu temples in Bali. The temple to the right can only be access by boat or low tide,

There are thousands of interesting statues. Here are two we can see from how ship.

Day 58- We stopped at Indonesia island of Java. Its population is 150 million compare to US 340 million. Java was a Dutch colony.

Dutch East Indies Company which exported spices and other goods from Java became the most valuable company ever in the world history. In 1607 it was worth 8 trillion dollars (compare that to today's Apple, Microsoft or Tesla)

We took a train ride through the rice fields of Java

We stop at a plantation that grows many crops including: coffee, rubber trees, cinnamon, nut made and cacao

Left picture shows a rubber tree whose bark is cut and pots are put under the cup to collect sap used to make rubber.

Right picture shows cacao pod used to make chocolate.