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Pemuteran, Indonesia

Pemuteran Biorock

A unique project to help restore coral reefs in Bali.
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Bawolato, Indonesia

Nias Ceremonial Stone Jump

Warrior training: The Indonesian tourist trap.
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Tampaksiring, Indonesia

Pura Tirta Empul

One of the holiest places in the region, devotees come to Tirta Empul to bathe in the holy spring water.
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North Pontianak, Indonesia

The Equator Monument

This monument marks where the exact middle of the world used to be.
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Indonesia

Mount Tambora

Mount Tambora is the site of the largest and deadliest volcanic eruption in recorded human history.
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Tosari, Indonesia

Gunung Bromo

Of five volcanoes located in the massive Tengger caldera, this cone is the youngest and most active.
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Bulang, Indonesia

Barelang Bridge

A striking series of six bridges connect islands in Indonesia.
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Merek, Indonesia

Sipiso-piso Waterfall

One of Indonesia's tallest, this waterfall takes a 390-foot plunge into the Lake Toba caldera.
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Indonesia

An Nurumi Mosque

An Indonesian mosque styled after St. Basil's Cathedral.
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Kintamani, Indonesia

Bayung Gede Placenta Graveyard

In this Balinese village, coconut shells containing placentas are hung from trees.
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Ternate, Indonesia

Ternate Island

The remote island home of the overlooked explorer who co-discovered the theory of evolution by natural selection.
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Magelang, Indonesia

Gereja Ayam

This massive chapel in the middle of the Indonesian forest is both haunting and fowl.
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East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

Komodo National Park

A sprawling nature preserve harbors the world's only living dragons.
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Sukawati, Indonesia

Goa Gajah

The name of this ancient Indonesian temple translates as "Elephant Cave" but it could be more accurately called "The Hellmouth."
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Trunyan, Indonesia

Trunyan

One native village in Bali lays their dead at the foot of a holy tree whose natural fragrance seems to hide the stench as the bodies decompose.
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Baturiti, Indonesia

Pura Ulun Danu Bratan

This tiny lake temple dedicated to a water goddess seems to float on the surface.
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Kuta Selatan, Indonesia

Luhur Uluwatu Temple

This Balinese sea temple is thought to be guarded by the hundreds of monkeys that live around it.
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West Sumatra, Indonesia

Jembatan Akar

This Sumatran root bridge took almost 30 years to knit itself together.
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Mengwi, Indonesia

Ogoh-Ogoh Museum

A small museum full of giant effigies of Bali's demons and monsters.
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Kelimutu, Indonesia

Kelimutu Volcano

Three wildly colorful calderas top this otherworldly volcano chain.
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Abiansemal, Indonesia

Millennium Bridge

One of the largest bamboo bridges in Asia, located right next to a bamboo school.
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East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

Padar Island

Once home to Komodo dragons, this island dreamscape has a rare combination of white, pink, and black sand beaches.
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Ubud, Indonesia

Sacred Monkey Forest (Mandala Wisata Wenara Wana)

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.
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Kediri, Indonesia

Tanah Lot

Isolated atop this Balinese sea crag is a lovely Hindu temple that is said to be guarded by sea snakes.
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