Learning Culture by Traveling

recent posts

about

Category: Sumatra

  • Dari Hotel Sri Indrayani Petualangan Bermula

    <—-Kisah Sebelumnya Aku masih saja tak bergeming dengan tawaran para sopir taksi, sementara para penumpang Bus INTRA yang lain lebih memilih menggunakan jasa taksi menuju tujuan akhirnya di Pekanbaru. Beberapa waktu kemudian, dari seberang jalan, pengemudi ojek online melambaikan tangan kepadaku. Tentu dia tahu, aku memakai jaket biru dengan backpack berwarna sama. Aku telah mengirimkan…

  • 7 Destinasi Wisata Pekanbaru

    <—-Kisah Sebelumnya Memasuki Pekanbaru, semua penumpang Bus INTRA diturunkan di sebuah bangunan warung non-permanen berbahan kayu warna hijau. Memasuki bagian belakang warung makan, deretan panjang kamar mandi sederhana memudahkanku untuk berbasuh muka dan besiap diri untuk mengeksplorasi “Kota Madani”. Memasuki jalanan kota untuk pertama kalinya diatas jok ojek online, aku mulai menyimpan rasa penasaran tentang…

  • 7 Destinasi Kilat Pematang Siantar

    <—-Kisah Selanjutnya Duduk di ruang tunggu, tatapku terus tertuju pada jam tangan dan halaman kantor bus INTRA….Tak pernah melihat kapan dia tiba, dari ujung halaman sebelah kanan dia berteriak memanggilku. Senangnya hati, bertemu teman lama. Kebaikan dan kesederhanaannya masih sama seperti Bang Erwin yang kukenal di Kuala Lumpur 2013 silam. Kembali teringat ketika dia menyodorkan…

  • Taksi Hitam dari Toba ke Pematang Siantar

    <—-Kisah Sebelumnya Aku memasuki kamar Eloise untuk mengambil backpack  yang kutitip sejak pagi. Aku check out di pagi hari dan berlanjut mengeksplorasi Samosir seharian bersamanya. Aku berpamitan padanya dan bersiap menuju Pematang Siantar, sedangkan dia masih semalam lagi di Samosir. Staff Bagus Bay Homestay mengarahkanku untuk menunggu ferry di pelabuhan terdekat. Berbelok ke kiri setelah…

  • Lion Air JT 257 from Padang (PDG) to Jakarta (CGK)

    This wasn’t the first time for me to ride Lion Air, I have ridden this airline on its route: Solo-Jakarta, Jakarta-Surabaya, Jakarta-Singapore, or vice versa. However, this was the first time that I have experienced to ride a Boeing 737 MAX 8, a phenomenal type of aircraft, which had been “grounded” since double accidents, the…

  • DAMRI Bus from Padang to Minangkabau International Airport

    I ate its authentic taste of tambusu – processed cow intestines with egg, tofu and spices in it – as the last dinner in a week of my adventure in Sumatra land. a culinary incident bothered me in mid-chewing. I thought that a chewy thing was a part of tambusu menu….Oh….it was a rubber band.…

  • Batang Arau, Siti Nurbaya Bridge and Boeing 737 MAX 8

    “Dengarkan Manusia  yang Terasah oleh Falsafah Sesaat Katanya itu bukan Dogma” (Cukup Siti Nurbaya by Dewa 19, year 1995) “White iron horse” digital miniature continued to approaching in a popular application. As a result, I had to open my rainbow motif umbrella and in a moment my feet stepped on the sidewalk. I got ready…

  • Padang Beach or Padang Taplau?

    His name is Asep. It is certainly not a local name, nor is it a native…He is Bandung’s origin and married to a Padang woman, making Aa (designation for brother in Bandung) Asep settled in Padang and now he was taking me to Padang Beach using his online motorcycle taxi. The road was deserted because…

  • Black Stone Story Behind the Architecture of Grand Mosque of West Sumatra

    My trip was briefly thrown from time lane. I, the lone traveler, must succumb to interest of all Maestro Travel passengers who were in a hurry to catch their respective flights. I just enjoyed in spending one hour to stay in travel car which took them to Minangkabau International Airport and afterwards I headed to…

  • Maestro Travel from Bukittinggi to Padang

    It’s so easy to order travel and bus services in Sumatra Island. Pick up the phone, mention the destination, convey the departure time then ask what time to get ready at travel or bus office!….No need to pay in advance….Then you will arrive at your destination if you aren’t late to come to their office.…