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 way), we thought maybe we had invaded a family trip or helping to fund it :p. Journey was stress free, only hard part was the toilet stop where I had to wee in a room with gutters in it, a bush out back would have been nicer! Scenery was fantastic, jungle,
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