The Padjadjaran Anyar Skylodge suspended 500m up on the cliff face of Mount Parang, West Java, Indonesia. It is the first and only hanging hotel in Asia. (Photo: Badega Gunung Parang) 

PURWAKARTA, West Java: For the last leg of my three-hour drive from Jakarta, the jagged Mount Parang has been my constant companion. I could see it behind the clusters of houses and tree lines along a narrow, winding and potholed road.