YOGYAKARTA, Java, Indonesia — Java is an island of the unexpected. Located between Sumatra and Bali in Indonesia — the nation with the biggest Muslim population on the planet — Java is home to the world’s largest Buddhist temple, along with a massive Hindu temple complex that rivals Cambodia’s Angkor Wat.

BALI, INDONESIA - At Bali’s ancient Pura Besakih temple at 2 a.m., the night fog rests on the dragon statues as if they’re going to wake soon.

UBUD, INDONESIA - White smoke rises from five aluminum trays nestled on damp earth as we round a bend hiking toward Ubud’s famous Monkey Forest sanctuary.

BALI, INDONESIA - The traffic jam stretched for almost kilometre. Cars and trucks filled with school children patiently waited as the religious procession slowly made its way along the rural back road.