Satu hari, mungkin. Madura is a place ignored all too often in discussions about Indonesia. And when people do mention the island, there’s usually a caveat of some description: ‘the visitor can see such-and-such a thing on Madura, but that’s about it. There’s not much else to do’. That attitude is a fallacy: there’s plenty…

The archipelago by which all other archipelagoes are measured, on account of the convergence of innumerable islands, cultures, languages, folklore, traditions. A nation of staggering depth, and one that could take lifetimes to unravel.

Exactly what the title suggests: the vaguest of vague guides to places that visitors might not usually consider.

Our correspondent, or at least one of them, tries to learn and disseminate wherever they go. Thus, do they find importance in learning languages, as this page proves.