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The Indonesian archi pelago comprises of more than 17,500 islands and share borders with Malaysia, Papua New Guinea and Timor Leste. One can easily identify the archi pelago in the new world map for it stretches like a string of emerald on the equator
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ver 300 languages are sepoken in the Indonesian islands belonging mostly to MalayPolynesian group. Interestingly within these major languages in each region there exist so many other dialects. The official language is the Bahasa Indonesia. This country has rich wild life, offering a wide range of flora and fauna of countless species, like elephant, tiger, rihno, leopard, orang utan and many more that can be found in the dense jungles. Sea turtels inhabit the waters around Bali and monsterous lizards call the Komodo dragons stalks they prey on the island of Komodo. Stuning varieties of flowers and plants overflow from the patio gardens or even the most rustic cottages to the Rafflesia, which is the world’s largest flower which frows deep in the rainforest of Sumatera. The region tends to have a fairly uniformed climate. It’s hot and wet during the wet season (October
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