The Indonesian Archipelago is a 3,000-mile chain of islands, comprising a smorgasbord of cultures, languages, cuisines, architecture, dance forms, arts, crafts, funeral customs, and geography. Go a few miles, take the ferry between Java and Bali, hop a Merpati Nusantara flight to Sulawesi or Flores, and everything changes.

We haven't been everywhere and would go back at the drop of a hat—but for people who haven't been everywhere we've been, nevertheless, to some unusual places, and we want to share them with you.

• Bali Is....— the Island of the Gods, the Morning of the World.

• The Monkeys of Bali—where they have a temple of their own.

• The Barong and Kris Dance—Bali's special amalgam of grace and bawdiness.

• The Magic of Ida Bagus Tilem—the world of Bali's world-renowned woodcarver.

• New:  Tenganan—the only place in the world where double ikat is woven.

• New:  Selumbung—A Visit to a Small Village—what awaits where the Balinese tour buses don't go.

• A Visit to Komodo Island—here there be dragons.

• New:  Wandering Java—a brief exploration of Jakarta, Yogyakarta, and the Gardens of Bogor.

• Tanah Toraja—"The Culture That Lives to Die."

• Ujung Pandang—the bustling major city of the island of Sulawesi.