Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia

... Oz (and having heard that getting to the Gillies takes about a day by ferry-bus-ferry) we were considering just staying put in Padang Bai and arranging some diving in the area. We found Padang Bai to be a pleasant little seaside resort. Cozy hotels and ...

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... by a representative of my surf charter at the airport. I loaded my boards onto the truck and was driven to the harbor of Padang. Indonesians drive on the left side of the road and use their horns liberally to let each other know when they are nearby. ...

So we jumped off the ferry and found a small cafe 4 a bite to eat and a guest house just down the road litrally to rest our weery limbs. A stop off town ferry port only a tiny place but relaxing and just what we needed to break up the journey from Lombok. ...

Before arriving in Indonesia we were more likely to associate the name Sumatra with a type of coffee than a place. (Well at least Melanie, who knows anything about coffee.)  Now having spent some time there we know it as a mountainous island on the ...