Komodo Island for the win.
Early on in our gap year planning we asked the boys about traveling for a year around the world and where they might want to go. They both said, “Can we go to Arizona?” We kept brainstorming.
Leo said he wanted to visit Komodo Island to see the Komodo dragons. What a great idea! This whole leg of our trip is designed with Komodo at the center and it was totally worth it.
Kids (and adults!) need structure and in Lombok we had enough unscheduled days in a row to create a routine: breakfast, swimming, school, late lunch, happy hour at the pool, reading, evening chill time and off to bed. One day we snorkeled and one day we went fishing.
The days we spent in Indonesia were some of our best so far.
Komodo dragon
Young dragon
the pink beach