Bali Morning of the World. Nigel Simmonds

from an area around Dongson, in northern Vietnam. Again, no-one really knows how the drum arrived in Bali, or when—yet the Balinese believe it to be a thing of magic, one of the subangs, or decorative ear plugs of the moon. Long ago, according to local lore, the subang fell to earth and disturbed some thieves. One of them, braver than the rest, climbed the tree where the subang had been caught and urinated over it to try to extinguish its bright light. The thing promptly exploded, killing the thief, and fell to earth in its present shape.

      Funeral temples cut into the rock at Gunung Kawi, a complex of royal monuments dating from the 11th century. The site is thought to be connected to the East Javanese King Airlangga, who was of Balinese descent.

      Fountains at Goa Gajah, which was discovered by archaeologists in 1923.

      Rock reliefs at Yeh Pulu, dating from the 14th century. Close by is a sacred well, but little is known about the carvings.

      The Bale Kambang floating pavilion in front of the old palace at Kerta Gosa, Bali's former centre of justice. The palace was also the site for the mass ritual suicide during conflict with the Dutch colonialists in 1908.