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BUCKLE UP AND GET COMFY AS WE TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD TO EXPLORE
EXOTIC AND BEAUTIFUL PLACES. THIS MONTH WE’RE OFF TO... INDONESIA!

QuickFACTS Selamat
Indonesia is the country name given siang
to the number of islands in South East from Indonesia!
Asia, situated in between the Pacific
and the Indian Oceans. The capital
city of Indonesia is Jakarta, which is
home to over 10 million people. The Super SCHOOLS
Indonesian population is made up School is compulsory in Indonesia. Students start
of people who practice different with six years of primary school and then move
religions and speak varied languages,
which makes this place really cool. If on to three years of junior school. After that,
you’re there, expect to hear Bahasa students can leave to work, or continue on to
Indonesian, English, Dutch as well as senior secondary school. Most schools have
many other different local languages. uniforms that children must wear and the school
Fantastic FOODS day starts at 7:00am, with classes to 12:30pm. The
The people of Indonesia love to students have a break for lunch, and then regain
cook rich, flavoursome foods such class from 1:00pm until 5:30pm. A long day!
as curries and some Asian-inspired
cuisines. Their national dish is thought SightsTO SEE
to be Nasi Goreng, which is a type Across the various islands you’ll find plenty to see and
of fried rice that is made with a do. Lake Toba on the island of Sumatra is a volcanic
sticky soy sauce. Other yummy foods lake that’s over 100 kilometres long. It’s home to
special to Indonesian cuisine are Pulau Samosir, which is an island within the island,
Rujak, which is a spicy fruit salad, Uli and because of the volcanic activity many years
Petataws - potato fritters, and Bubur ago, the water is warm. On the island of Sulawesi
Ayam which s a ta ty f o o ri ep dg . yo u ’ll find Bunaken, a diving spot famous for all the
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sealife you will see and in the town of Ubud, in
Tanjung Puting is a Ba , you can learn local crafts and cultural dances.
B Bali
Bli
national park home
to some awesome
Orangutans!
17000

Indonesia is not just one country,
it’s made up of over 17 thousand PHOTO: SHUTTERSTOCK
Puncak Jaya is the
tallest mountain islands. Wow!
in Indonesia.
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