Places samccallum Wants to Go

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

Where an entire elephant skeleton, a snakeskin table runner, and thousands of animal remains become art.

This mountain sunrise is one of the most breathtaking views in Thailand, yet well off the tourist trail.

The long underground cave's curiously shaped stalagmites have inspired many legends.

Thousands of bats stream out of caves every night on the edge on Thailand's second largest park.

A limestone wonderland of water and subterranean secrets.

How often do you find security guards patrolling tropical beaches to protect rare sea turtles from poachers? 

A tall karst islet popularized by 007.

A Scottish tycoon’s unfinished mansion is known as one of Malaysia’s most haunted buildings.

Cartoon clouds and nature-inspired murals have transformed the streets of Kuala Lumpur.

A gorgeous gilded tower houses what may be the world's largest collection of gin.

These jagged limestone blades cut out through the canopy of the jungles of Borneo.

An isolated dive site teeming with cnidarians.

Three wildly colorful calderas top this otherworldly volcano chain.

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

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

The red crab exhibits one of the most spectacular migrations on earth, despite manmade obstacles.

An abandoned hotel in the highlands of Bali is shrouded in stories of ghosts, curses, and corruption.

Visitors to this museum will find architectural oddities, an art gallery, and an unlikely bird sanctuary.

Isolated atop this Balinese sea crag is a lovely Hindu temple that is said to be guarded by sea snakes.

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

Bright Indonesian villages painted in a rainbow of competing color schemes.

Of five volcanoes located in the massive Tengger caldera, this cone is the youngest and most active.

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