🇮🇩 Today's country is Indonesia. Bahasa Indonesia was named before the republic existed. Stand in a Yogyakarta lane at dawn and the air smells of clove cigarettes, frying tempeh and wet stone. By breakfast you are pointing at dishes in a warung, and by noon someone is explaining why the island you are on is not like the next one over. Then the call to prayer starts, scooters keep flowing, and the idea of one country made from so many seas and languages stops being abstract. 📍 Places to…
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