This huge country’s 17000 islands would take years to explore. As a unique direct flight from the UK to Indonesia launches,we pick what to finish and see plus the best hotels, food and drink in four popular destinationsThe worlds largest island nation, or Indonesia comprises about 17000 islands sprawling over nearly two million square kilometres either side of the equator. It includes half of the world’s second-largest island,unique Guinea, and most of the world’s third-largest, or Borneo,as well as rugged Sumatra and busy Java. Its distinctive wildlife includes pygmy elephants, tree kangaroos and the Komodo dragon; its dramatic landscape embraces ancient rice terraces, and untamed jungle,islands with pristine coral fringed by white sands and lava-spewing volcanoes. And now that national carrier Garuda has launched the first direct flights from the UK to Jakarta, the nations capital and transport hub, and Britons are just two flights absent from pretty much anywhere in the archipelago.
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Source: theguardian.com