15 Islands You Should Add to Your Bucket List
| September 18, 2017
7. Komodo – Indonesia
Komodo island became famous due to the mysterious stories of dragons living there; some believed they even spat fire. We now know these stories were about the monitor lizards, which just happen to be the largest of them all — weighing up to 70 kg.
The island is also famous for the Pink Beach, which, as you can deduce, has pink sand (there are apparently only seven in the world). The majority of the population is Islamic and most are descendants of former convicts who were exiled to the island.
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