One Day in Padang.

In the past my grandfather always tells me the story about his hometown. It is Padang. The food, the language and the tourist attractions is in the story my grandfather. sometimes he teach me the language but I’m always forgot. From that I really want to go to Padang, just for looking Jam Gadang, eat Nasi Padang in Padang and feel the atmosphere. Alhamdulillah, i’ve the chance.

Day 1

We arrived in Bukit Tinggi at 6pm, we will stayed at Deya’s friend home. Her house its ten minutes from Gadang Clock. After Maghreb, we go to Jam Gadang just two of us because Deya’s Friend has been there. When the first saw Jam Gadang in my deep heart said “Wooooooowww this is Jam Gadang with smile” hahahaha. At the time a lot of people here, they just enjoy the night. We strolling around. Long story short, we comeback to Deya’s friend home for rest because me and deya will continue our holiday and Deya’s friend will be back to Jakarta for work.

  

Day 2

Deya and me take a breakfast with Deya’s friend family. And the we prepared our luggage and say goodbye to their family. Yeah because we will move to the hotel. I already rent the car with the driver at my uncle friend, the driver name is Pak Deni. He is a friend of my father’s friend hahaha. Okay our first destination is Istana Basa Pagaruyung. The location is in Jl. Sutan Alam Bagagarsyah, Pagaruyung, Kec. Tj. Emas, Kabupaten Tanah Datar, Sumatera Barat. Istana Basa Pagaruyung like a museum, in it explains some room of the kingdom family. When in the second floor the panorama was so beautiful.

 

The next destination is Danau Singkarak. I love the view in the journey so beautiful. We just stayed a minutes and go to the next destination. while on the way we take a break for lunch and pray. And then we continue our trip to Danau Maninjau. My grand father told me that Danau Maninjau is beautiful. But he didn’t tell me the road to the destination. We must through the 44 Kelok, wait what? yasss 44 curve. It’s a new experience for me, especially WOW. We’re not until the end just at Kelok 25 or 26, I think it’s enough hahahaha. We take a break at the warung instead of the kelok, and looking around the view. It’s so beautiful.

 

The next destination is Ngarai Sianok and Lubang Jepang. On the way to Ngarai Sianok, I realize that we go to that place on the other side, yap the bottom of Ngarai Sianok. Ticket for entrance Ngarai Sianok is $1 or Rp 15rb each person. First stop after inside is the view from upper the Ngarai. There are mountain and ngarai. Next is Lubang Jepang. There is a guide to help you to describe the detail that place. I think if your first time, you should use the guide. I can’t go inside because scared and we don’t have much time. So we just take a picture in front of the sign hehe.

  

 

 

Next, we go to the hotel for rest.

Day 3

In the morning we woke up and got ready to continue the holiday and go home. We looked around the hotel and found a place for breakfast. In front of our hotel there is a Warung Padang. I ordered Lontong Sayur Padang. And surprisingly after the staff served the food, the Lontong that was made was similar to what my mother makes every Eid hahahahaha. So I took a picture and sent it to my mother, and said "look, the Lontong looks similar to what mom makes every Eid". But the taste is less savory but it's okay it's still delicious.

Mr. Deni arrived to pick up us. Okay, we continue the journey to the city of Padang. The trip took about 3 hours, we really enjoyed the view, there were hills and curves. We stopped briefly at the Anai Valley Waterfall. The waterfall is by the roadside and Beautiful. Once satisfied, we continued our journey. Finally we arrived at the first stop in the city of Padang, namely the Great Mosque of West Sumatra. From the outside, we were amazed, wow, that's a cool design. We took a short break and took pictures of course for the memories. When finished, we continued to the second destination, namely Air Manis Beach. Yes, that's right, I want to see the statue of Malin Kundang that my teacher and grandfather used to talk about when I was in elementary school and my grandfather. Mr Deni parked and waited for us around the parking lot, Deya and I rented an ATV to go around the beach and head to where the statue was. Hahahaha, it's also fun it turns out that the nail ATV was on the beach, but after that our clothes were sandy dirty. Then we had lunch and were driven to the airport. 

 

 

See you again Padang!

Visiting Aceh, why to go to Aceh? I just want to know what Aceh is like. Our flight from Medan started in the morning. The flight to Aceh takes an hour from Medan. Arriving in Aceh, we went to the hotel and continued our training until the afternoon. Yes, we're not on vacation either.

After our training finished, we prepare to go to one of my bucket list if I went to Aceh. Yeah, it is Baiturrahman Grand Mosque. From our hotel it is taking time ten minutes by car. I took the time to pray there. And I’m crying. I don’t know why, just my tears come down on their own. After we strolling around the Mosque, how I amaze with this place and video call with our family to say hi we were in Aceh, we will stomach refueling.

Next, dinner. We go to some place the name is Canai Mamak and that place is so a lot of people. I think that the food in the resto is delicious. We ordered briyani rice, fried rice, canai kampung susu, tarik tea and mineral water. The taste is good. After that we must go to some place to antigen test. And after that we were picked up by Dea’s uncle. We are strolling around Banda Aceh by car to unknown road just looking around. And we visited the Blackross café. They have a live music. We enjoyed our meals with the music. Then We went back to the hotel for a break.

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Day 2 in Aceh. We intend to visit the Tsunami Museum, but we are unlucky. The museum was temporarily closed because pandemic not yet over. So yeah, 괜찮아요, I will be back someday to visit. Why are you not visiting Weh Island? Yeah, we have a plan for the island, but again we are unlucky. The day that we arrived in Aceh, the weather is not friendly, the wind is strong. So we are not recommended to Weh Island if you want to go one day trip, because the weather is cant predicted. It would be better if you are stayed in Weh Island 2D1N or more. So we decided to Break The Time Coffee Shop, we worked from the café. It didn't take long in that café, because their Wifi was off so we went back to the hotel and continued our obligations here. That night, Deya went with her uncle and aunt to buy souvenirs, while I decided to sleep. Deya called me, do I want curry? Yes of course. When he returned to the hotel, he ran off in the hallway of the hotel. She said the hotel hallway was terrifying. And we're taking a break for the morning flight tomorrow.

Day 3 yeahhhh we go back to home after one week "ngebolang". There is no direct flight to Jakarta, so we transit in Medan and continue to Jakarta. See you again Banda Aceh!

Hello North Sumatera!!

I have a chance to visit the Samosir Island and see Lake Toba. The Lake Toba is a one of my bucket list. I just wanna see like what the lake is it hahaha. And yeah, this is my chance.

Before that day, my friend and I were confused as to how to go to Lake Toba. So I figured out how to go to Lake Toba by car, and we had to drive by car for 6 hours hahaha okay. We searched and asked some friends if they had any acquaintances to rent a car. Hemm we can already guess the price if we rent a car including the driver. I thought I was desperate that day and thought what not to just go to Lake Toba. But it's a pity if I don't visit, so I decided to look for a one day trip on Instagram to visit Samosir Island. And there's a lot of tour and travel there hahaha. And finally I found a tour and travel that I know because they follow and are followed by one of the trusted tours and travel, that's just my opinion. We left at 12 p.m. from Medan. We stopped in Brastagi and one stop I forgot. The area was very cold and it was around 5 a.m.

And here we are on Samosir Island.

The first stop is the Menara Pandang Tele. The driver rested and we were looking for food for breakfast. In the Menara Pandang Tele the view is so beautiful. And in my heart, I said "Wow, I've arrived at Samosir". After the driver had rested, we continued our journey to Holbung Hill.

On the way to Holbung Hill there is a landslide road and only fit one car so it must take turns. On the way to Holbung Hill we can already see the beautiful Lake Toba. We arrived at Holbung Hill. The Holbung Hill is like the most beautiful place I've ever seen, it looks like Padar Island in Labuan Bajo but it's a little different. I recommend using sunblock and sunscreen. Use a hat or something to cover your head. Don't forget to bring water or you can buy it there.