Padang/Bukit Tinggi - Day 3

Wake up at 4.30am, need to have breakfast at 5am and made way to airport by 6am..sighh...

Arriave at Minangkabau Airport at around 6.30am.

Padang, from above

I believe this is a lake, tak tau lake apa..Maninjau or what. Rugi tak dpt tgk kawah volcano.
Arrived...havoc like hell
Hasil2 utk buat semak rumah






tudung kenit, beli byk2, for whoever yg berminat

RM50 each

telekung-sulam goyang rm80 each
baju for the kids

interprem...

model...

Padang/Bukit Tinggi - Day 2

Breakfast at Pusako hotel.
Forgot to mention that the weather at Bkt Tinggi is quite cool. Guess the temp. could be around 19-21 degrees during daytime..and colud falls around 17-18 degrees at nite (i rasa la)
So, agak 'nyaman' la masa kat sana...no sweating, but dont have to wear jacket/shawl. It was just nice.

Quite cold at this time. Early morning, sumwhere 'bout 7.30am (indon's time)
Our 1st destination today.

Pepagi buta dah menyinggah at this boutique. Even the owner is still in her nighties.

This is really nice.
Bought the green one (on the right), for mum.

Look at the material & embroidery...kain best, n embroidery pun halus2..memang cantek...tapi quite expensive lor...2nd stop - The Lubang Jepang (Japanese Tunnel).
Locals discovered this in 1946, 'bout a year after their independence.

According to them, there are 3 unsolved mysteries:

1. They dont know those tanah2 yg di korek letak kat mana.

2.They dont know the actual no. of people constructed the tunnel.

3. They dont know where the Japanese commander has gone. Way down..dalam tu beb....
alley the Japanese used to keep their weapons
The exit or ventilation. no way out, its just a ravine down there.

It is quite cool inside there. Could due to the surrounding temperature, or could due to the location of the tunnel itself. Maybe sbb dah dalam tanah, so, agak sejuk la kot..not sure..

The dinding is built in such manner (ada lekuk). There's a reason. So that, takde 'echo' inside the tunnel. Bijak kan?? Exit. About 135 anak tangga up. Mengah tu beb...
Outside the Lubang Jepang is the Ngarai Sianok (Sianok Canyon).

Its a canyon. beautiful rite...sejuk nyaman lak tu.. posing time....macam gambo cut n paste lak.




Around the Japanese Tunnel ada kedai2 souvenir and ada 2 kedai paintings.
Bought 2 paintings-1 yg rumah minang; sumting like this and H beli dia nyer gambar kapal layar.
Our 3rd stop - Kedai Hjh Rosma.

The shop owned by a lady - 'Hjh Rosma'. A place where really good sulam goyang quality can be found and it is made here. Surrounding pics. Pokok roselle. Lama betul tak jumpa pokok ni...(buah dia boleh buat sirap)

Kat Hjh Rosma pun ada jugak embroidery class n class belajar 'sulam goyang'. Interesting, minat pulak tgk depa buat. Even, Fairy pun excited, dia rasa cam nak belajar je buat embroidery tu.




Boutique Hjh Rosma. Memang cantik bangat, the price pun..mahal bangat...
It cost around Rp1.1m sepasang, and about Rp750k utk baju aje...hmm...dah around RM260 tu...kensel, tak jadi beli.

Views at Batusangkar, on the way to Tabek Patah. At Tabek Patah -the local home industry for pisang salai and traditional coffee milling.
pisang yg belum di salai
after salai, lepas tu dia goreng pulak
lepaking, minum coffee flowers at the surroundings



pokok mulberry. Terus teringat lagu:

here we go round, the mulberry bush, the mulberry bush...bla..bla...

buah mulberrypokok kayu manis (cinnamon)
kulitnya yg manis. taste the daun. Even the daun pun memang rasa cinnamon The shoppe. Bought few pisang salai n titbits.
Made way to luch somewhere in the centre of paddy field.

Views, on the way

Our lunch..ikan talapia bakar tu, memang yummy...
Around the restaurant
paddy filed yg berteres2
At Pagaruyong-minangkabau's originated
Istana Silinduang Bulan.

This is actually a replacement for the original Istana Pagaruyong yg terbakar dulu.

Quite unlucky, unable to peep in, coz ada meeting kat dalam istana tu. According to the tour guide, selalunya istana/rumah gadang/rumah pusaka akan ada yg 'menjaga'. It could be ular, lebah, etc...in this case, ada 5 sarang lebah kat istana ni. Dan tak boleh amek madu tu sembarangan.

Balik from sana, singgah la few bouriques..cuci mata..cuci wallet...
Our last destination.....
pulun bai, pulun.....

On our way back to Padang (from Bkt Tinggi), singgah somewhere to buy "Bika" - a kuih inilah kuih Bika..rasa cam putu bamboo..sedap.

Have dinner and checked in at Ambacang hotel. Hasil tangkapan for today.