Just 60 kilometers north of Luxor, nestled along the Nile’s west bank, lies one of Egypt’s most underrated treasures: the Dendera Temple Complex. While tourists flock to the Valley of the Kings and Karnak, Dendera offers a quieter, more mystical experience—complete with star maps, secret crypts, and the only known depiction of Cleopatra VII with her son Caesarion.

From above, Pulau Bungin resembles a jigsaw puzzle of rooftops tightly packed into the sea. No trees. No open fields. Just houses—hundreds of them—squeezed together so tightly that even alleyways feel like afterthoughts. Welcome to one of the most densely populated islands in the world, hiding quietly in the lesser-traveled waters of Indonesia.