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Water Alor Archipelago
"Cold upwellings funnel hammerheads and threshers through Alor's volcanic straits."
Mountain Bajawa
"Hot springs steam in the forest below Inerie while village shrines keep the ancestors close."
Wilderness Baliem Valley
"The plane drops through mountain walls into a valley the outside reaches only by air."
Water Banda Islands
"Manhattan was traded for one of these nutmeg islands, and the groves still stand."
Water Banjarmasin
"Before dawn, the market is a flotilla: produce, breakfast and gossip traded gunwale to gunwale."
City Borobudur
"Buried under ash and jungle for centuries, the stone mandala came back."
Water Derawan Islands
"Stingless jellyfish drift in a landlocked lake while green turtles nest on the next island."
Wilderness Halmahera
"Wallace's standardwing dances at dawn on the island that shaped his theory."
Mountain Ijen Crater
"Sulphur miners and blue fire share Ijen's crater with a kilometre-wide acid lake."
Wilderness Jomblang Cave
"A sixty-metre rope descent reaches a sinkhole forest lit by one shaft of sun."
Water Kei Islands
"Sand so fine it packs like flour runs past Ngilngof's coconut palms."
Mountain Kelimutu
"Three crater lakes on one summit change colour independently, black to turquoise to rust."
Wilderness Komodo National Park
"Around 5,700 giant lizards roam dry savanna islands where strong currents draw whales and turtles."
Water Lake Toba
"A volcanic island the size of Singapore floats inside the largest caldera lake on Earth."
Wilderness Leuser Ecosystem
"Orangutans, rhinos, elephants and tigers share one forest, the last place on Earth."
Water Mahakam River
"The river is the road: Borneo's barges, ferries and stilt houses all face the Mahakam."
City Makassar
"Wooden phinisi still tie up at Paotere, where the fish market erupts at dawn."
Water Mandalika
"One night a year, set by the lunar calendar, Sasak Lombok gathers for the sea worms."
Wilderness Mentawai Islands
"Sago smoke in the longhouse, heavy water on the reef: the Mentawais run two worlds."
Water Morotai
"Wartime aircraft rest on Morotai's reefs, coral colonising the cockpits."
Mountain Mount Rinjani
"The crater lake holds another volcano inside it, still active, still building."
Mountain Mount Tambora
"The 1815 eruption brought the Year Without a Summer; the crater is six kilometres wide."
Water Nias Island
"At Bawömataluo, jumpers still clear a two-metre stone tower in a single leap."
Water Ora Beach
"Stilt bungalows stand where Seram's rainforest falls straight into coral."
Water Raja Ampat
"Karst islands burst from neon water; below, mantas queue at their cleaning stations."
Water Riung 17 Islands
"At dusk, thousands of flying foxes pour off one island and darken the strait."
Wilderness Savu Island
"An island that runs on palm sap, where priests still read the stars for planting."
Wilderness Seram Island
"Maluku's mother island rises roadless from the coast, walked only with its hosts."
Mountain Sidemen Valley
"Rice terraces climb toward Agung while looms click in the weaving houses below."
Wilderness Sumba Island
"The dead lie under megalith slabs in village squares, and the living walk past daily."
Water Takabonerate
"The world's third-largest atoll rings a lagoon so wide the far rim disappears."
Mountain Tana Toraja
"Cliff tombs watched by wooden effigies, in highlands where funerals set the calendar."
Wilderness Tangkoko Nature Reserve
"The world's biggest-eyed primate wakes at dusk in a forest of black macaques."
Water Tanjung Bira
"Wooden schooners of a hundred tonnes take shape on the sand without a single blueprint."
Wilderness Tanjung Puting
"A wooden houseboat drifts blackwater rivers where wild orangutans cross the canopy overhead."
City Ternate
"The theory of evolution was posted to Darwin from this clove island's shore."
Water Togian Islands
"Bajo villages stand on stilts over a gulf where all three reef types meet."
Water Triton Bay
"Rock art painted millennia ago looks down on reefs carpeted in soft coral."
Water Trunyan Village
"The dead of Trunyan lie under an ancient tree that takes away the smell."
Wilderness Tumpak Sewu
"Hundreds of waterfalls pour off one cliff into a green amphitheatre below Semeru."
Wilderness Wae Rebo
"Seven thatched cones stand alone in a mountain clearing with cloud drifting through the village."
Water Wakatobi
"Most of the world's coral species crowd the reefs beneath Bajo stilt houses."
City Yogyakarta
"A sultan still governs here, and the city's arts still work for their living."
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Beneath fishing platforms, gentle giants hang almost upright.
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Stone figures stand in the highlands. Their full story is still missing.
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An ancient hunting scene waits on a cave wall, older than written words.
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