West Sumatra Tourism

Gadang JAM - WEST SUMATRA

Picture below is not Menara Pisa. How the object image is Jam Gadang, just a ga deliberately motretnya italics. So, if go to Bukittinggi and planning hunting mukena ato kain2 embroidery on the market, do not forget foto2 dl here (because both are located adjacent).

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According to wiki, this time Gadang already tens of years because it was built by Yazin Sutan and Gigi Ameh in the year 1926. Jam is a gift from the Queen of the Netherlands to Sekertaris City. Building with 26 m high and 80 cm diameter hours this seems costly Gulden 3000.

BEACH WATER Manis - WEST SUMATRA

Try to see this picture more closely, you can ga nemu bongkahan a stone vessel bersimpuh human being ... perhaps I emerged from the legend situlah the master kundang, a son of a rebel who condemned her mother so the stone.

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Master, according to the wiki summary of the story, described as the intelligent but unprincipled (mangkanya he was injured in the hand have been falling due to stumble stones), decided to wander the mother after seeing the trouble searching for sustenance.

Maninjau LAKE - WEST SUMATRA
22 03 2007

Lake Maninjau Agam district or is located 140 km north of Padang, or 38 km west of Bukittinggi. According to Wiki, the lake that appears due to eruption of Mount Merapi has reached the depth of 495 meters and is located at a height of 461.5 meters dpl. Area lake that reached 99.5 square kilometers have been recorded this lake as the lake terluas to-11 in Indonesia.

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Minang Orang2 trust terbentuknya legend behind the lake, which is "Bujang Sembilan". Perhaps according to a source, one of the 9 page lacquey plunge into the crater and died. then this crater and into the lake draw. The same source also said, many leaders are born in the village, among other Maninjau Buya Hamka passed and Rangkayo Rasuna Said (1910-1965). Heard the name, we certainly inget street name in brass. In fact, both the name leads to the same person. HR itself is actually the representative of the female pilgrim to Mecca Rangkayo. Halah, a seumur2 a new, if the hero is a woman!
Cave grotto INDAH - WEST SUMATRA

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Gw ga gitu actually like masuk2 to the cave. feel a bit crowded and not comfortable. tp this time I do. eventually enter a reckless and violent in it bearable. many large batu2 sometimes we panjati bs. Stalactite slalagmit and many of the white crystalline disinari if (what is exposed to light blits). cave is located in the turmeric nagari river, 26 km from Padang Aro or between Bukittinggi and Payakumbuh this perhaps thousands of bats dihubi (gw udh forget there own kelelawanya ato engga).

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Canyon Sianok - WEST SUMATRA

Quoted from the wiki, steep valley in the city of Bukittinggi stretching about 15 km south of the canyon toward Koto Gadang Sianok Six Tribal Palupuh and ends in the canyon is called Sianok. With the cliff to reach the depth of 100 m and 200 m wide, fracture walls by the river curamnya dialiri Sianok. perhaps in the Dutch era, called this canyon sanget caused many buffalo wild buffalo in the bottom of the canyon.

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Be pitied, but is, the occurrence of SR 5.8 earthquake that befall sumatera west on 6 March 2007 have erode 2 / 3 the canyon. As expressed Media Indonesia, landslides in point is page 5 rain cause dust in the area Sianok. Soil erosion soil stockpile cash so Sianok River water ride and swamp land. Tempo adds, earthquakes are caused by bergesernya fracture Semangko (a cross along the Sumatra's Lampung to Aceh) as a result of collision of Indian Ocean plates move to the western part of Sumatra and the timurnya north to south.
Pagaruyung Palace - WEST SUMATRA

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Overview of the building emang similar views a replica of the mini park. and make a semblance of sebel, udh sampe jau2 the photographs in front of the palace, eh temen gw even comment "on a mini garden ..". the fact that the building that, according to the wiki is used to Islamic sultanate palace-year 1600 with a name taken from the provincial capital that is nagari Pagaruyung.

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Adityawarman Kingdom was established by the year 1347 and the collapse time of a Padri War (1821-1837) led by Imam Bonjol (due to the conflict broke out with the customary Padri peeress).