Dominggus, 50, came with a bottle of yellow honey. He took it directly from the nest of honey bees. "It can sell for Rp 50,000 (US$3.57)," he said.

Anyone who wants to climb Mount Gandang Dewata must "report" to Thimotius Sambominanga. This 91-year-old grandfather is a caretaker of the mountain, which is known as mystical, in the West Sulawesi region.

Flores was among the islands in Nusa Tenggara who grabbed the attention of British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace. Other than its endemic fauna, the island’s Homo floresiensis still leaves behind unresolved mysteries.