Places andrewjpl Wants to Go

A palace destined to never house a king.

An abandoned Cambodian resort that mirrored the downfall of the country as it was happening.

Venture into the hideout of one of Hong Kong's legendary pirates.

This Javanese-Hindu temple from the 15th century is unmissable for anyone with even a passing interest in erotic art.

The remote island home of the overlooked explorer who co-discovered the theory of evolution by natural selection.

A mostly desolate bar on a remote island hosts hundreds of sailors for a few days each year.

The unique funeral practices of the Toraja can be seen here with graves carved into caves and hung off cliffs.

The second generation of a mighty volcano rises from the sea.

The inky volcanic sand leads to reefs teeming with aquatic life waiting to be discovered by snorkelers and divers.

A hundred and twenty year old twelve story lighthouse located on a beautiful Indonesian island.

A real-life "hobbit" cave in Flores, Indonesia.

A Balinese resort, empty and trapped in time.

These broken shards of ancient ruin may hide an ancient pyramid.

A mud volcano in Indonesia spews out 50,000 cubic meters of mud every day.

These 40,000-year-old stenciled hands are older than the famous cave art in France and Spain.

Once home to Komodo dragons, this island dreamscape has a rare combination of white, pink, and black sand beaches.

Three wildly colorful calderas top this otherworldly volcano chain.

This Sumatran root bridge took almost 30 years to knit itself together.

Where cemeteries are carved into the side of cliffs and infants are buried in the hollows of trees.

Think you have a tough job? Try carrying 200 kilos through a cloud of sulfur down the side of a volcano.

A sprawling nature preserve harbors the world's only living dragons.

The name of this ancient Indonesian temple translates as "Elephant Cave" but it could be more accurately called "The Hellmouth."

One native village in Bali lays their dead at the foot of a holy tree whose natural fragrance seems to hide the stench as the bodies decompose.

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.