6850 km: Stunning Lake Maninjau

From Bukkit Tinggi we left on foot for a change for a 2-day trek to lake Maninjau.... what to say.... the jungle was great, with some scattered villages where we saw the farming of coffee, cinamon, tiger balm!, and lots and lots of rice. Through that scenery cut some rivers and there are some Monkeys jumping around. All great, the best was definitely the "home stay" at Anas. A wooden shack mid-way on the hill in what tourist still think is jungle but is actually Mr. Anas' garden, with stunning views of lake Maninjau. Sleeping in the junlge with the sounds and then waking up for a view like this.....

Down in the village well, it was more of the same.

I'll leave it up to you to decide (and book your ticket).

Here we go:

traditional Minangkabau house

Shaving...can it get any better

The way out of the crater lake to the top of the rim, we had read, has 44 amazing hairpins. Well we enjoyed every one of them. To make the attraction even better the local sigarette company had even put the numbers at every bend!

Padang food.... you do not order, they just drop everything they have on the tbale and you select! Why don't we do that in Holland???