West Sumatera is the homeland of Minangkabau. Our Bukittinggi excursion took us to the cradle of Minangkabau, Tanah Datar. In the outskirt, buffalo horns roofs houses protruded the skies; some times they touched one another. Symbolically, the word “Minangkabau” means “Victorious Buffalo”. The legend of Minangkabau When the King of Java attempted to conquer West […]

6D5N Pekanbaru – Bukittinggi – Padang This was my second trip to Indonesia for year 2014. I called this #TripJiran simply because I travelled with two seasoned travellers Lily Riani and Edjunaidi who are residing in the same neighbourhood. With the help of Lily’s distance family in Pekanbaru, we decided to do a traverse route […]

Our final destination during our Makassar trip was an off-beaten waterfall known as Parangloe Waterfall. The waterfall is located in the area of Bili-bili, Kabupaten of Gowa, South Sulawesi. This is not the kind of place you get to know through the internet or map reading. Little was said in the internet about this waterfall. […]

Bugis and the sea, the sea and the boat – they are interconnected. On our visit to Tanjung Bira, we have the chance to visit the place of origin of the phinisi boats, a masterpiece of Bugis-Makassar people. Although it was approaching dusk, we were determined to go to Tanaberu to see how boats were […]

After we completed our hike to Lembah Ramma, we proceeded to the famous Cape of Bira via poorly-lit and winding road. Though I was too tired and felt asleep at times, I woke up now and then when approaching vehicles honked. It was as if we were driving along Jalan Lama Karak. Cape of Bira […]

Ini adalah sequel daripada Kembara Laskar Pelangi , Dari Bangka ke Belitung , Day 3 – Tanjung Pandan ke Manggar. Tapi kali ini saya nak cover Island Hopping Belitung pula. Setelah kami melawat SD Muhammadiyah Laskar Pelangi dan juga Muzium Kata Andrea Hirata, kami meneruskan Kembara Laskar Pelangi dengan island hopping di pulau-pulau di persekitarannya. […]

We arrived in Makassar at 5.45pm. Fetched by Andi and Ole at the airport. They had waited for us since 3pm despite us telling them we would only arrive by 4.44pm Makassar time. Makassar is one hour ahead of Malaysia. Andi and Ole are the friends we met during our hike in Semeru as we […]

Museum Kata Andrea Hirata adalah tarikan pelancongan yang terbaru di Kepulauan Belitung, secara khususnya terletak di Jalan Laskar Pelangi, Nombor 7, Kecamatan Gantong, Belitung Timur. Siapa yang tidak kenal dengan Andrea Hirata, penulis yang merevolusikan kesusasteraan serta impian dan cita-cita muda-mudi Indonesia yang juga tersebar di seluruh dunia. Kalau dulu, ramai anak mudi yang takut […]

Sambungan daripada Kembara Laskar Pelangi & Dari Bangka Ke Belitung:- Bila makin lama feri makin menghampiri jeti, tempat duduk penumpang dah makin kosong. Semua orang bersesak dan bertolak-tolak nak turun dari feri. Mungkin mereka semua tak sabar nak balik kampung masing-masing. Disebabkan kami adalah the only travelers dalam feri, kami mengambil kata putus untuk diam-diam […]

Siapa yang tidak kenal dengan Laskar Pelangi? Sebuah filem hebat tentang persahabatan yang indah dengan kata-kata pujangga. Dengan lagu Laskar Pelangi yang dinyanyikan oleh Nidji memang catchy dan meaningful. Laskar Pelangi… Takkan terikat waktu… Jangan berhenti mewarnai…Jutaan mimpi di bumi….Menarilah dan terus ketawa… Walau dunia tak seindah surga… Bersyukurlah pada yang kuasa… Cinta kita di […]