INDONESIA
LOCATED ON THE PRIMARY ISLAND OF JAVA, THIS BUSTLING CITY SERVES AS INDONESIA’S CAPITAL
JAKARTA
FAMOUS FOR ITS POWERFUL HIND LEGS AND POUCH, THIS HOPPING MARSUPIAL APPEARS ON AUSTRALIA'S OFFICIAL COAT OF ARMS ALONGSIDE THE EMU
KANGAROO
THE CURRENCY OF THE PHILIPPINES SHARES ITS NAME WITH MANY OTHER COUNTRIES FROM THE LATIN AMERICAN AND SOUTH AMERICAN REGIONS
(PHILPPINE) PESO
TRADITIONALLY, THIS PERSONAL ANNUAL MILESTONE IS RARELY CELEBRATED OR EVEN RECORDED IN RURAL CAMBODIA, WITH MANY PEOPLE ONLY RECOGNISING THE YEAR OR ANIMAL ZODIAC SIGN INSTEAD
BIRTHDAYS
DUE TO ITS TEARDROP SHAPE AND LOCATION OFF THE SOUTHEASTERN COAST OF INDIA, SRI LANKA IS WIDELY NICKNAMED THE "TEARDROP OF" THIS BODY OF WATER
THE INDIAN OCEAN
THE CATASTROPHIC 1883 ERUPTION OF THIS INDONESIAN ISLAND VOLCANO PRODUCED ONE OF THE LOUDEST SOUNDS IN RECORDED HISTORY
KRAKATOA
SO MASSIVE IT CAN BE SEEN FROM SPACE, THIS NATURAL WONDER OFF THE COAST OF QUEENSLAND IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST CORAL REEF SYSTEM
THE GREAT BARRIER REEF
OFTEN CONSIDERED THE NATIONAL DISH OF PHILIPPINES, THIS SAVOURY STEW FEATURES CHICKEN OR PORK MARINATED IN VINEGAR, SOY SAUCE, GARLIC AND PEPPERCORNS
ADOBO
ANGKOR WAT
VISITORS TO SRI LANKA QUICKLY LEARN THAT A GENTLE SIDE-TO-SIDE TILT OF THIS BODY PART MEANS "YES", "I UNDERSTAND" OR IS USED AS A SIMPLE FRIENDLY GREETING
HEAD
ENDEMIC TO SEVERAL INDONESIAN ISLANDS, THIS CREATURE IS THE LARGEST LIVING SPECIES OF LIZARD AND CAN GROW UP TO 10 FEET LONG
KOMODO DRAGON
IF AN AUSSIE TELLS YOU TO BRING YOUR "BATHER" OR "TOGS", THEY ARE ASKING YOU TO PACK THIS ITEM BEFORE HEADING TO THE BEACH
SWIMMING COSTUME
THE NAME "THE PHILIPPINES" IS DERIVED FROM THIS SPANISH KING WHOM ORDERED THE SPANISH ARMADA AGAINST THE BRITISH
KING PHILIP II
THIS AMERICAN FOOD CHAIN IS DOES NOT HAVE ANY STORES IN CAMBODIA
MCDONALDS
UNTIL 1972, SRI LANKA WAS KNOWN BY THIS COLONIAL NAME, WHICH IS STILL USED GLOBALLY TODAY TO BRAND ITS WORLD-FAMOUS VARIETY OF BLACK TEA
CEYLON
DIFFERENT BY ONLY THE SHADE OF RED AND THE ASPECT RATIO OF THE FLAG, THIS EUROPEAN COUNTRY'S FLAG IS ALMOST IDENTICAL TO INDONESIA'S
MONACO
NATIVE TO WESTERN AUSTRALIA'S ROTTNEST ISLAND, THIS SMALL AND NOTORIOUSLY CUTE MARSUPIAL EARNED THE NICKNAME "THE HAPPIEST ANIMAL IN THE WORLD"
QUOKKA
ORIGINALLY REPURPOSED FROM SURPLUS U.S. MILITARY VEHICLES LEFT BEHIND AFTER WWII, THESE BRIGHTLY DECORATED PUBLIC TRANSPORT VEHICLES ARE AN ICONIC SIGHT ON PHILIPPINE STREETS
JEEPNEY
IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A CRUNCHY STREET-FOOD SNACK IN THE CAMBODIAN TOWN OF SKUN, VENDORS WILL GLADLY SELL YOU THIS EIGHT-LEGGED CREATURE, SEASONED WITH GARLIC AND DEEP-FRIED WHOLE
TARANTULA
WHILE CHEAP SUBSTITUTES LIKE CASSIA DOMINATE STANDARD SPICE RACKS WORLDWIDE, SRI LANKA PRODUCES AROUND 80 TO 90% OF THE WORLDS SOFTER, SWEETER "TRUE" VERSION OF THIS FRAGRANT BARK SPICE
CINNAMON
LOCATED IN THE CENTRE OF THE ISLAND JAVA, THIS MASSIVE 9TH-CENTURY MAYAHANA MONUMENT IS RECOGNISED AS THE WORLD’S OLDEST BUDDHIST TEMPLE
BOROBUDUR
MANY AUSTRALIAN'S ONLINE INVENTED TALL TALES ABOUT "DROP BEARS" - A PREDATORY, CARNIVOROUS VERSION OF THIS PLACID TREE-DWELLING MARSUPIAL
KOALA
LOCATED IN THE PROVINCE OF BHOL, THIS FAMOUS GEOLOGICAL FORMATION CONSISTS OF OVER 1000 CONICAL HILLS THAT TURN COCOA-BROWN DURING THE DRY SEASON
THE CHOCOLATE HILLS
UNIQUE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, CAMBODIA'S TONLE SAP RIVER IS FAMOUS FOR DOING THIS UNUSUAL TRICK TWICE A YEAR
REVERSING ITS FLOW
LONG BEFORE MODERN PLUMBING, 5TH-CENTURY BUILDERS AT SRI LANKA'S SIGIRIYA ROCK FORTRESS CREATED A SOPHISTICATED SYSTEM OF UNDERGROUND PRESSURE PIPES THAT STILL POWERS THESE DECORATIVE WATER FEATURES TODAY WHENEVER IT RAINS
FOUNTAINS