With so many diverse groups and unique islands spread all over the Equator,

there are plenty of interesting facts about Indonesia; some may surprise you.
Indonesia is the largest nation in Southeast Asia (by size) and the fourth most
populous country on earth. It's a geological wonderland. Take the Equator, add
hundreds of volcanoes at the meeting point of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, and
well, you end up with one very interesting and exotic destination.
Indonesia is spread across an archipelago of many thousands of islands,
however, no one can really agree on just how many there are. Some islands appear
only at low tide, and different surveying techniques yield different counts.
Speaking about Indonesian Culture, no matter how old or independent they
are, Indonesians tend to keep tight relationships with members of their family. For
many Indonesian youths, moving out of parents’ house is simply not a thing, even
when they already have a stable income of their own. Many choose to live under
their parents’ roof unless they absolutely have to.
It still has the death penalty. Indonesia still enforces the death penalty - by
firing squad. In 2015 it executed eight drug traffickers, including two Australians,
in a case that triggered an international outcry, while Lindsay Sandiford, a British
woman, is currently on death row after being found guilty of smuggling cocaine
into Bali in 2012.
Indonesia is notorious with its huge Muslim population; the largest in the
world despite being a secular country by law. But Islam is just one of six official
religions acknowledged in the country.
Indonesians celebrate everything. From a child’s first step on the ground to
certain months of pregnancy, many cultures in Indonesia has special ceremonies
for even the tiniest milestones. Many cultures also make a huge deal out of life
events like weddings and funerals, mixing them with mesmerizing traditional
customs and celebrations. There are also communal celebrations like a myriad of
different ceremonies of harvest or thanksgiving, and special dates associated with
legends or history.
Everyone owns a motorbike
 An official data of the Indonesian National Police Traffic Corps (Korlantas
Polri) says there are more than 100 million motorcycles registered in the country,
which make for 82% of all vehicles. That seems insane but very accurate if you
ever saw a street anywhere in Indonesia.

Nobody seems to be walking in Indonesia. You must see the surprised faces
of locals when foreigners are walking along the road or trying to pass to another
side.
Indonesia is the only place in the world to see Komodo dragons in the wild.
The two most popular islands for seeing Komodo dragons are Rinca Island and
Komodo Island. Both islands are in a national park and part of East Nusa Tenggara
province between Flores and Sumbawa.
Although Bahasa Indonesia is the official language, more than 700
languages and dialects are spoken across the Indonesian archipelago. Papua, just
one province, has over 270 spoken dialects.