Monday,August, 1 2011
Assalamu’alaikum
Wr.Wb.
Last holiday, I went to West Sumatra
with my wife and my mother. We went there by bus. It named “Jambi Transport”.
It was on Friday, 24th of July 2011. We arrived at the bus station
in the evening. Then the bus moved to Padang at about seven o’clock in the
evening. All the way to Padang, we could see many villagers’ house and trees.
At about eleven o’clock in the
morning, we arrived to Padang. We got out the bus then got in the public
transportation to find the hotel. We arrived to a middle class hotel in Padang
city. And then we took a rest.
The next day, we went to “air manis”
beach. We went there by a motorcycle. It is not far away from the hotel. About
fifteen minutes later, we got to the beach. The beach is full of people. They
played around and some of them just sat on the cottage on the shore. The beach was
beautiful and the waves were big but there was much rubbish and many goats and dogs
around. I think some people don’t care of the cleanliness of the beach. And
also the government has a great responsible to make the beach clean and
beautiful. If the beach is clean. It could increase the visiting of the tourist,
impact the increase of the people earning.
I took the picture with my wife several times. One of them I took the
picture of the stone of “Maling Kundang”. Maling kundang is folklore from Padang.
It tells about the son who doesn’t acknowledge his mother. Therefore, his
mother becomes angry and curses him to be a stone. It’s so really like the one
who bend his body the earth and also I took the picture of the ship of “maling
Kundang” .
Playing and walking around the beach
make my trousers dirt. Therefore, I had to take a bath in the bedroom near the
beach.
Pic. 1 Malin kundang stone-air
manis beach-Padang city
After taking a bath, I felt so
hungry, so we went to the nearest canteen. We ate nasi Goreng and gado-gado. We
drank a glass of tea and a glass of coffee.
At about four o’clock in the afternoon we went
home.
The following day, we planed to go to
Pariaman. We went to friend house. It is in Kecamatan Lubuk Alung. We went there
by bus. It is about one hour trip. Arriving to her house, we talked and then
had lunch with her.
Then we continued our trip to
Gandorai beach. It’s about forty five minute trip to get to the beach. The
beach was different from air manis beach. This beach was cleaner and there are
no dogs or goats around. On the shore of the beach, there many ships of the
fisherman and cottages for rent. But if we buy some food or drink we can sit on
it for free.
Pic.2 Gandoriah
beach-Padang Pariaman
After two hours enjoying the beach,
we left for Bukit Tinggi. We got there by bus. It’s about two hours trip from
Pariaman. A long the way from Pariaman to bukit tinggi, we could see the ruin
of the houses because of the earthquake shacked there two years ago. Some
people built their house back but some of them didn’t.
Arriving to bukit tinggi, I felt
strange with my ear. It likes a deaf. It cause of cold weather here. And I felt
the cold weather rush into my bones. My body couldn’t stand for the weather.
We found the nearest hotel. We booked it for a
day. The prize of the rent is one hundred and fifty thousand rupiahs for one night.
When I took a bath, I touched the water it’s so cold. So I asked for hot water
to the office boy for bathing. And then, when I went to bed, I ha to put some
blankets to make my body warm.
The next morning, we planned to go to
great clock and then to “valley sianok”. Our first destination was great clock.
It is not far a way from the hotel. About five minutes walk we got there. A
long ago, I had been here but the situation is much more different. There are
many changes to “Jam gadang”. It looks like cleaner and the paint is glossy.
Enjoying the scenery, we went to the
traditional market. It named “pasar atas” and” pasar bawah”. Many people in
Sumatra have known that the prize for clothes and many other things here is the
cheapest of all. I think the seller form Jambi also buy the things they sell
here.
We bought some clothes and some snack
for my family. “Yes, it’s true”. The prizes are really cheap. I bought Muslim dress”al-mia”
for a hundred and ten thousand rupiahs. I think if I buy in Jambi, it can be
two hundred thousand rupiahs.
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Pic. 3 Great clock- Bukit Tinggi
Then, we continued our trip to “valley
sianok”. It’s about five minutes walk from the traditional market. We had to
buy the ticket to enter the gate of sianok valley. It’s about three thousand
rupiahs per person.
The scenery of a big valley is so amazing.
This is the fact of the mighty of Allah SWT. I really realize that we, the
human is much smaller then our God.
Pic.4 I and my wife are in Sianok valley- BukitTinggi
Suddenly, I saw a family of
foreigner; one man and three women. They focus on enjoying the scenery of the
valley. I greet one of the foreigners ” Good morning. Miss? I Asked.”Good
morning!”she said.”Where you come from, Miss?” I asked. She replayed”
Germany”. Then I asked” May I take a picture with you?” She answered” Yes, off
course”. But I forgot to ask her name and phone number.
Pic.5 With a tourist-in Sianok Valley-Bukit
TInggi
Still in Ngarai sianok, I passed the Japanese tunnel. Japanese tunnel is the cave made by the Japanese troops when the war in Bukit Tinggi, but I didn’t want to enter it because we have to save our time to go back to Padang before”Asar”. It was three o’clock in the afternoon. At half past three we left for Padang.
Pic. 6 My beloved wife in Japan tunnel-Bukit Tinggi
At about five o’clock in the
afternoon, we arrived to Padang. We
found the nearest hotel then took a rest.
The next day, we went to Solok. We went to my grand mother house. My mother spent her
childhood here. It is about one and half hours trip from Padang. We went there
by bus. Arriving to my grandma house, we cleaned the house because there is
only my cousin Surya who stay in. My grandma was in Jambi at that time. The
house became clean and comfort after cleaning. So , we can take a rest comfortably.
The next morning, we went to market
to buy anything we need for eat. I bought some fruit and vegetable. The sellers in the market were more then
before. They used the road to put their things for sell. Therefore, the buyer
had to pass the narrow road.
The next day, on Thursday, 30th of June 2011,
we went to Jambi back at seven in
the evening. We went to Jambi by rent car because there is no ticket seller in “kota Solok”. The following day, at nine
o’clock in the morning, we arrived to Jambi .
OK, that’s my story, my friends
See you!!!!!
Wassalamu’alaikum Wr. Wb.
