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  1. Local girls smiling.

    Local girls, Sumatra

    by Tom Cockrem

  2. Stall holder at local food market.

    Local food market, Sumatra

    by Paul Kennedy

  3. Sumatran Rhinoceros.
  4. Bukittinggi Canyon.

    Bukittinggi Canyon, Sumatra

    by Sara-Jane Cleland

  5. Local women shopping in aracde.

    Aracde, Sumatra

    by Tom Cockrem

  6. Street scene with food hawker and motorbikes.

    Street scene, Sumatra

    by Tom Cockrem

  7. Stilt village on water.

    Stilt village, Sumatra

    by Tom Cockrem

  8. Boats on pier with traditional architecture behind.

    Pier, Sumatra

    by Tom Cockrem

  9. Local sisters smiling.

    Local sisters, Sumatra

    by Tom Cockrem

  10. Group of local boys smiling in stilt village.

    Stilt village, Sumatra

    by Tom Cockrem

  11. Lanterns in porch of Vihara Bahtra Sasana Temple.
  12. Dancers in traditional dress.

    Dancers, Sumatra

    by Tom Cockrem

  13. Australian surfer executes bottom turn, Lagundri Bay.

    Lagundri Bay, Sumatra

    by Paul Kennedy

  14. Mother smiling at girl in toy beetle car at dusk, with families behind.
  15. Brazilian surfer doing radical backhand re-entry while local surfer looks on.
  16. Surfers on way to waves in charter boat.

    Charter boat, Sumatra

    by Paul Kennedy

  17. Dokar, driver and passengers on street.

    Dokar, Sumatra

    by Paul Kennedy

  18. Coconuts palms on Pulau Masokut.

    Pulau Masokut, Sumatra

    by Paul Kennedy

  19. Fishermen in small outriggers.

    Small outriggers, Sumatra

    by Paul Kennedy

  20. Young local boy heading out for afternoon surf.

    Afternoon surf, Sumatra

    by Paul Kennedy

  21. Surfers in line-up.

    Surfers in line-up, Sumatra

    by Paul Kennedy

  22. Portrait of young woman during Independence Day celebrations.
  23. Jackie the Orang-utan leads tourists to Orang-utan feeding platform, Gunung Leuser National Park.
  24. Intricately tattooed hand of a Mentawai Shaman stringing beads for a necklace on Siberut Island in West Sumatra.

    Siberut Island, Sumatra

    by Corey Wise

  25. Mentawai Shaman with traditional tattoos, hand-woven basket, and dugout long boat, Siberut Island in West Sumatra.

    Siberut Island, Sumatra

    by Corey Wise

  26. Boats docked at Penyengat jetty.

    Penyengat jetty, Sumatra

    by Tom Cockrem

  27. Two boys in an outrigger canoe near the wave called Hollow Trees or Lance's Right.

    Lance's Right, Sumatra

    by Paul Kennedy

  28. Boy sitting on a pier in Kampung Bugis.

    Kampung Bugis, Sumatra

    by Tom Cockrem

  29. Houses on stilts in Kampung Bugis.

    Kampung Bugis, Sumatra

    by Tom Cockrem

  30. Factory workers grinding coffee in a river powered pounder.

    Factory workers, Sumatra

    by Jerry Alexander

  31. Newly picked coffee beans from Bukittinggi.

    Bukittinggi, Sumatra

    by Jerry Alexander

  32. Colourful eggs for sale in Senggarang village.
  33. A spiced up bowl of pindang, the south Sumatran speciality.
  34. Monkey eating a coconut in Biha.

    Biha, Sumatra

    by Paul Kennedy

  35. Woman selling carvings from a dugout canoe to visiting boats, Mentawai Islands.

    Mentawai Islands, Sumatra

    by Paul Kennedy

  36. Palm tree, Palau Menjangan Kecil.

    Palau Menjangan Kecil

    by Jane Sweeney

  37. Mosque on side of Lake Maninjau.

    Lake Maninjau, Sumatra

    by Paul Kennedy

  38. Uncooked kebabs inside food cart in Pasar Atas.

    Pasar Atas, Sumatra

    by Paul Kennedy

  39. Medicinal herbs on display at street stall.

    Medicinal herbs, Sumatra

    by Tom Cockrem

  40. View of Danau Maninjau, a mountain crater lake.

    Danau Maninjau, Sumatra

    by Jerry Alexander

  41. Padang food stall at the market.

    Market, Sumatra

    by Jerry Alexander

  42. Seedling rice ready for transplanting into paddy fields.

    Paddy fields, Sumatra

    by Karl Lehmann

  43. Tourists waiting for departure of Padang ferry at Maura Sikabaluan.
  44. Vendors selling art and crafts from dug-out canoes.

    Art and craft, Sumatra

    by Paul Kennedy

  45. Fresh fruit market stall.

    Fruit market stall, Sumatra

    by Peter Ptschelinzew

  46. Bukittinggi markets.

    Bukittinggi markets, Sumatra

    by Sara-Jane Cleland

  47. Mesjid Raya (Grand Mosque).

    Mesjid Raya, Sumatra

    by Peter Ptschelinzew

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