The floating emerald islands of the Indonesian archipelago have for centuries lured everyone from missionaries to pirates, back to their sandalwood and spice breezes, Bali Hai lifestyle and superb natural resources. For sheer size, scale and variety, Indonesia is pretty much unbeatable. The country is so enormous that nobody is really sure quite how big it is, there are between 13,000 and 17,000 islands peppered with magnificent beaches, mountains and volcanoes. Not surprisingly, Indonesia's ethnic, cultural and linguistic diversity is amazing - the best estimate is of 500 dialects spoken by around 200 million people.

Capital City = Jakarta
Time Zone = GMT + 7/8/9
Currency = Rupiah
Official Language = Indonesian