DVD: Indonesia (2 discs, 3 shows)
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JAVA & SUMATRA:
The Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra are located in the South China Sea. The largest and most developed of the Indonesian archipelago they are a dichotomy of modern and ancient cultures. From shopping malls and snarls of traffic, to tranquil rural scenes and vibrant traditional culture. Java and Sumatra have it all.
Traveler Megan McCormick begins her journey in Java's capital Jakartab> before traveling west to Anak Krakatau, one of the most volcanically active places on earth. She then heads to Java's cultural heartland, Yogyakarta and Kudos. Flying on to Sumatra she visits the Orangutans at Bukit Lawang Nature Reserve. She ends her journey in the surfing paradise of Pulau Nias.
Along the way...
- Discover car jockeying in Jakarta
- Climb the Anak Krakatau - the site of one of the world's most violent eruptions
- Learn to make Indonesian cigarettes
- Visit a witch doctor at Lake Toba
- Marvel at a stone jumping Niasan tribe
THE EASTERN ISLANDS:
13,000 floating emerald islands make up the Indonesian archipelago stretching 3,000 miles from Asia to the Pacific. We visit the Eastern Islands, also known as Nusa Tenggarra, which cover only a tiny fraction of this vast country.
Traveler Mark Crowdy starts his Indonesian journey in Bali from where he travels by ferry to climb one of Indonesia's 400 volcanos on the island of Lombok. He then travels east to Komodo to come face to face with its famed dragons and on to the dramatic sulphuric lakes of Flores. Traveling via the Spice Islands of Ambon and Bandu, he ends his journey in Timor.
Along the way...
- Take part in a tribal coming of age ceremony
- Climb an active volcano
- Play music on a conch shell
- Surf one of the remotest beaches on earth
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