Swaying with Maninjau Wave

A silence of Lake Maninjau enable people to sooth their mind in peace. Its slow wave is a melody of nature that flies you high. Seing scenery around Maninjau bordered by hills lets you hear a mysteriuos rythm of nature.
Fresh wind blows down smoothly from the hills calling for bilih fish to jump over the [...]

Twilight at Singkarak

Actually the name Singkarak is well-known for any Indonesian especially West Sumatra. It cannot be counted how many time this biggest lake of West Sumatra have been visited by people, just hanging around or enjoy it with the family for vacation. Some people who have visited this place could think that the talk about Singkarak [...]

Sikuai in Viewfinder

When we talk about natural beauty of Sumatra Barat it will be edgeless. most of tourism objects in this province offer refreshing views. The toursim has records for them. Despite all, Sumatra Barat has more unexplored beautiful sites for tourism though. Sikuai Island for instance.
The island located on the west coast of Sumatera island is [...]

Popping in Lembah Anai

“Darek” regions are the most interesting sites to visit in West Sumatera. This regions includes higher areas from sea level such as Bukittinggi, Agam, Tanah Datar, Padangpanjang, Limapuluhkota,  Payakumbuh, Solok, Sawahlunto, Sijunjung, Pasaman etc. Besides their beauty, “darek” has soothing and cooler air.
The most famous darek region is Bukittinggi which is known as the gate [...]

Visit the Land of National Figures

Agam has a particular note in Indonesian history. It is a region where national figures were born and gave contribution to Indone­sian Independence. Popular figures like Buya Hamka, Rasuna Said, M. Natsir, Isa Anshari, Abdul Karim Amurullah are associated to Agam regency.
Starting first step from Maninjau Market. 50 Metres from that central trading stands a [...]

Pilgrimage and Maritime Tourism in Ulakan Pariaman

 
Visiting Pariaman means seeing a lot of tourism sites. Being located by Samudera Hindia makes Pariaman famous of its wondrous beach. There is Pantai Gondoriah which is close to Pariaman City and well-known of its specific food, Nasi Sek.  Moving further 15 KM to northern side are locations of Pantai Kata, Lubuk Bonta, Tapian Puti [...]