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Journeys in Indonesia

15 pieces in Indonesia, newest first. Every one ends with the trips that go there.

Indonesia travel guide

Journeys

Lake Toba, the supervolcano with an island in it

4 min read

History

The Dieng Plateau, Java's oldest temples in the clouds

4 min read

Culture

Yogyakarta, the city that still has a sultan

4 min read

Slow travel

The Gili Islands, where nothing has an engine

4 min read

Walking

Lombok and Rinjani, Bali's quieter neighbour

4 min read

Slow travel

Nusa Lembongan, the small island across the strait from Bali

4 min read

Journeys

Flores and Wae Rebo, the village of cone-shaped houses

4 min read

Wildlife

Bukit Lawang, and the orangutans who came back to the trees

3 min read

History

Batavia's ghost, underneath the traffic of Jakarta

4 min read

Walking

The narrow strait where Asia stops being Asia

4 min read

Journeys

Climbing in the dark for a volcano that's still smoking

3 min read

History

Borobudur, the mountain built as a diagram

4 min read

Culture

Bali's rice terraces, and the temples that decide who gets water

3 min read

Wildlife

The largest lizard alive, and the islands that kept it secret

3 min read

Solo travel

Ubud without a group, and the waterfalls in between the yoga

3 min read