Bukitinggi

Family holidays and Gado Gado

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May 21st 2010
Checked out and left bags at hotel while we tried to figure out how to get to Bukittinggi. Then the best thing happened we walked into a tour place and the guy in there said 100,000 for the two of you, then he came with us to help carry our bags to the lovely air-con 4WD he had! There were 2 other women in the car with us and a teenage boy (it was a 7 seater and we picked another woman up on the w ... read more

Asia » Indonesia » Sumatra » Bukittinggi

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The Dutch began to colonize Indonesia in the early 17th century; the islands were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. Indonesia declared its independence after Japan's surrender, but it required four years of intermittent negotiations, recurring hos... ... read more