A Close Encounter with Dragons

By Barry O'Brien A TOUR of Indonesia's spice islands brings a close encounter with a reptilian giant. A BIG beady eye fixed its gaze on me. Suddenly the long, powerful tail started to twitch and the monstrous beast lifted to its full height on razor-sharp, clawed feet. I was sitting on the ground near a water hole trying to get a low-angle close-up shot of two Komodo dragons, side by side in the wild.