Despite being the sixth largest island in the world, Sumatra is wild and rugged and majestic in equal measures. Here’s everything you need to know.
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Sumatra: Indonesia’s adventure paradise you haven’t discovered yet
by Bex Shapiroby Bex Shapiro -
There aren’t many places so small or so diverse you can travel from holy cities to ancient fortresses to surreal salt lakes in just one morning.
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Imagine Machu Picchu. Spectacular, historic, utterly iconic. And then magnify the history and minus the tourists, and you’ve got a sense of the region.
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Many of the world’s festivals go way back to the olden days. How much do you know about their backstories?
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You read that correctly. One hundred. Miniature. Donkeys.
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Just like a regular history lesson, only interesting.
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