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Intriguing Indonesia: Tradition and Lore for the Curious Visitor

Whilst Indonesia has plenty to entice visitors, it is the hidden depths that often offer the most compelling allure. Here are seven such examples.

Our correspondent in Sulawesi creates a gap through which something tries to get out.

Our correspondent, an outsider lest we forget, gleans understanding of Javanese culture in a trip to Pamekesan.

Our correspondent delves once more into the netherworld in, of and around the archipelago.

Our correspondent reels as the sheer weight and magnitude of Indonesian folklore bleeds through the cracks of reality.

Our correspondent, inhabiting the role of observer, watches on as a Cambodian institution suffers an undeserving end.

Our correspondent appears in Borneo's rainforest, observed and captivated by tiny creatures of the night.

Our correspondent catches a glimpse of the ghostly machinations driving rainforest life.

Our correspondent hears uneasy truths as Java's acid lake hoves into view.