Bukittinggi, Indonesia Travel Blogs

trying journeys and Ramadan
Oct 25, 2006 (34 photos)

... Eventually we said our farewells and boarded our ferry. Without going into the detail about the journey from Pulau Batam to Bukittinggi through Pekanbaru I will say that it was a hellish experience. It included a bus with a flat tire, endless waits and ...

bukittinggi
Nov 11, 2007

Arrived in Bukittinggi and decided on a whim hat due to time constraints i'd pass straight through and go straight to Danau Mannninjau, so got the bus straight there.

From Melaka to Dumai by boat
Feb 11, 2006 (9 photos)

... I paid about 1600 rupiah the day before. He finally found me a little bus, away from the bus station, that was leaving for Bukittinggi. I gave him 3000 rupih and he was happy. I got to this town in the late afternoon and tried to find the guesthouse. ...

Crater lakes and Bemos!
Apr 13, 2005 (2 photos)

... town! Found a nifty little hotel (well it was Mr Smedley's coming of age!) and set about exploring our first Indonesian town! Bukittinggi is very quaint and set next to the most beautiful gorge - neither of us really had any expectations of what to find in ...

Treks and more Treks in Bukittinggi
May 22, 2009 (60 photos)

Oh Bukkitinggi, how I will miss this place when I leave! As if I wasn't in love with Indonesia so much already, then I come here and find this place that really got under my skin (in the good sense that that expression can be used, not the bad one). So, 10 ...

Pukka in Buka(ttinggi)
Jul 18, 2009

After the bling of Padang we hit our first tourist town in Sumatra – Bukuttinggi. After not really doing too much to date in Sumatra, Bukuttinggi was our first opportunity to see some of the things that Sumatra has to offer. We signed up for a ½ day ...

Whats it take to be an Indonesian millionare?
Jul 3, 2006

Here is the low-down on what things cost Pappi here in Indonesia. I took out a million Rupiahs the other day! Indonesia uses the Rupiah as its currency $1 USD = 9,299 IDR 1 million Rupiahs = $107.52 USD The local average daily wage in Indonesia is ...

Beneath the pavement lies sunshine!
Jul 1, 2006

... my last minute decision to head South and my lack of planning I ended up in the sleazy boarder town/island of Singapore and Indonesia clueless. All boarder towns for the most part all over the world are the same. They are infested with low lives that crab ...

Indonesia
Sep 11, 2008 (41 photos)

... They gave us some great insight into the city and some ideas of what to do.  Joel had been living in Indonesia in a town called Bukittinggi for three months now.  He was great!  We had already made up our mind about getting the hell out ...

Waiting, and more waiting
Jun 25, 2008

So we took the flight, and got to Bukittingi, and decided, intstead we would stay here a night, and then head to Lake Toba tommorrow.  We thought the bus ride there was to be around 12 hours, and have come to find out that it is more like 21 now, ...

Harau Valley, Sumatra
Jul 22, 2009 (16 photos)

Getting out of the city and into some countryside was in order and we had been looking forward to the Harau Valley for quite awhile.  It didn't disappoint.  The air was crisp and clean, the countryside beautiful, and the local people some of the ...

Run through the jungle
Mar 13, 2006 (10 photos)

... amusement. I am still travelling with Amy, the girl I met in Yogya. We flew to Pedang and then got a taxi up here to Bukittinggi. After recovering from my stomach bug we set off for a 2 day trek in the jungle that surrounds Bukittinggi. On the first day ...

Bukittinggi, Round 2
Jul 14, 2009 (59 photos)

... Cafe reading a book everyday...but people defenitely made sure I kept busy. They are way too nice and generous, all those Bukittinggi boys. :) It's hard to explain all that went on in Bukittinggi. Over time, I started to spend less time with the Orchid ...

bukittinggi
Oct 12, 2008 (10 photos)

d fahrt im "super super executive" bus, wo denn knapp ueberem standart xi isch, isch fuer d'anja de horror xi.. scho nach de erste vo 14 stund het sich ihre mage umtruellt und sie het uf duetsch gseit alles vollekotzet. de fahrer isch wi alli im land ...

Nora Sumatra
Aug 10, 2003

... grozljiva, ponekod sploh ni bilo ceste. Tu sva se najprej se malo naspala, ker sva bila po voznji zelo utrujena. Bukittinggi je lepo mesto z edino 'clock tower' v Indoneziji, je tudi prva indonezijska prestolnica, kar je danes Jakarta. Jutri odhajava ...

Back to Bukittinggi for my bag
Jul 17, 2004

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Ueberquerung Aequator / Crossing Equator
Jun 8, 2007 (4 photos)

... 149: km89'075 Erneut viele Kurven, aber viel weniger Verkehr und trotzdem erreichen wir nach nur 300km Bukittinggi. Die Uberquerung der Aequators war sicher der Hoehepunkt (auch wenn die Markierung gemaess Navigationsgeraet nicht ganz richtig war) ...

Ticket to Java
Jul 20, 2004

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Bus'es, vomit, trekkin, earthquake and Bukittinggi
Dec 19, 2006 (22 photos)

... door room but it was actually an earthquake that had hit in north  Sumatra and we were geting the tremmors. My last day in Bukittinggi i spent hitting the markets and takeing it easy i have to admit before a large group of us had a good nite out in the ...

Enjoying Indonesia
Jul 14, 2004 (2 photos)

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A thousand miles an hour...
Dec 8, 2008

... me with respect and are polite/friendly. Also, they are generally honest, esp with money, unlike another subcontinent I just visited. Bukittinggi is a bit of a resort town, with many outdoor excursions. The first night I got here, I joined a tour ...

Are You Sure That's a Bus?
Dec 22, 2000

... for three or four days before returning to Toba for the holidays (it's one of the only Christian areas in all of Indonesia, hence, the people actually celebrate Christmas). Well, it took about eleven hours of travel in three different vehicles with an ...

Bukittinggi, Sumatra
Jul 20, 2009 (32 photos)

... been great to see the landscape and the cultures change as we have made our way across the western part of Indonesia.  We spent 3 nights in Bukittinggi to visit a few sights in the local area which we will share with you in this entry.  Enjoy! ...

Arschkalt am Aequator!
Jan 28, 2009 (16 photos)

... es am Aequator sein kann. Die Stadt liegt halt einen knappen Kilometer ueberm Meeresspiegel. Trotzdem seltsam. Bukittinggi Bukittinggi Bukittinggi - klingt nicht nur schoen, ist es auch. Ein quirliger riesengrosser Markt, Pferdedroschken statt Tuktuks, ...

Bukittinggi
Mar 4, 2009 (21 photos)

... up to the clock tower which is the main square in the town. It was really busy up there with everyone hanging out. Bukittinggi seems to have the trendiest youths in Sumatra. There are loads of skateboard shops trendy clothes shops around the market and in ...

Laghi, giungle e sanguisughe
Nov 15, 2008 (27 photos)

... , quasi spaventato dagli UFO, e ci ha passato un foglio di carta: "Siamo studenti della scuola elementare di Bukittinggi, stiamo studiando inglese e vorremo parlare con qualche turista per imparare la lingua". In fondo al foglio uno spazio bianco dove far ...

Wendra, the saviour
Jul 19, 2004

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A quick stop before Java
Oct 9, 2005

... comfortable leaving the bike there while we did the half hour trek into see the flower. Instead, we turned around, went back through Bukittinggi, and road out to Kota Gadang. It is a small village nearby where they are known for the silver work. We spent ...

Night bus to Bukittinggi
Jul 13, 2004 (2 photos)

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Organising Trekking
Sep 18, 2008

... 7 days. There are 4 Czechs, and Aussie girl and me. Our Guide is called Ed and it was arranged from the Orchid Hotel at Bukittinggi. The rest of the day has been spent buying supplies for the trip although I could not find a cheap rain jacket. I may ...