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• Pictures and report from the first part of our Indonesian trip in Java and Sumatra from November to December 2006
• Pictures from the second part of our Indonesian trip in Bali from January to March 2007
• Pictures from the third part of our Indonesian trip in Lombok, Sumbawa and Flores in April 2007
• Pictures from the fourth part of our Indonesian trip in Sumba and West-Timor in May and June 2007
• Report and pictures from Timor-Leste (Oecussi and Mainland) in May 2007
• Pictures from the fifth part of our Indonesian trip in Sulawesi before and after Toraja Land in June and July 2007
• Pictures from Tana Toraja (Toraja-Land) in Sulawesi in June and July 2007
• Pictures of the sixth part of our Indonesia trip in Kalimantan (Borneo) in July 2007
• Pictures and report from our 2010-Indonesian trip in North Sumatra from March to April 2010
• Pictures from our 2010-Indonesian trip in West Sumatra in May and June 2010

 

latest picture taken: July 7, 2010

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148  On the day we leave

Bukittinggi, school children making

music are parading past “our”

Benteng-Hotel – a lovely good-bye

149  On our way out of Bukittinggi,

we drive past the impressive

“Pesawat” monument. It is about a

mysterious plane (Anson 1 ?) of

the Indonesian Air Force – RI-003

that is said to have been shot down

at end of the 1940’s in Malaysia

150  Friendliness is what we

encounter everywhere in Sumatra.

People are waving and smiling at us,

making us feel welcome as tourists

151  The bazaar of Padang –

West Sumatra’s capital – is packed

beneath the sun protecting umbrellas

152  A minaret and a traditional,

stylized Minangkabau roof in the

city center of Padang. The Minang-

kabau culture of West Sumatra

is closely connected to Islam

153  Shoppers and cars struggle

simultaneously to find a gap through

the overcrowded bazaar in Padang.

The view from the top of the adjoining

parking garage over the roofs of

colorful umbrellas is just stunning

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On September 30th, 2009, Padang was hit by a disastrous earthquake (7.6) that caused the death of fare more than 1‘000 people.

Still today, cracks and damages are visible at buildings, hotels and churches. However many ruins have been already torn down and leveled

157  The many colorfully adorned

and low lying minibuses in Padang

are an eye-catching sight

158  Who cares how high the

load is! At least nobody worries

in the city of Padang

159  A palm fringed fishing village

South of Padang, scarcely halfway to

Painan, has a touch of the South Pacific

160  Every once in a while bridges

cross brown jungle rivers with their

densely overgrown tropical banks

161  One of the many mighty

rivers that flow into the sea

162  View from Langkisau lookout

over the perfectly shaped bay of Painan,

situated about 48 miles South of Padang

From Langkisau Hill in Painan, we enjoy beautiful views:

163  To the Northwest:

Over the glittering lagoon

and its white sandbank

164  To the South:

Over Painan City with some

towering Minangkabau roofs

165  To the Northeast:

Over lush rice paddies, sandwiched

between the city and the forest

166  Fishermen return with their

catch – South of Painan

167  A frequent sight: Mosques

surrounded by lush rice fields

168  Also water buffaloes feel the

tropical heat. From the sandbank

it is easy to jump into the water

169  Red sandstone cliffs, shaped by

wind and waves, appear halfway between

Mukomuko and Bengkulu …..

170  ….. a particularly remarkable

rock, where vegetation already

has taken roots again

171  Impressive jungle rivers – here

before an approaching thunderstorm –

with densely overgrown banks are

quite common along the West coast

172  The court yard of the restored

Marlborough Fort in Bengkulu – a former

British fortification – is well visited. It is

also the place where the first President of

Indonesia, President Sukarno, was sent

into exile from 1938-1941 by the Dutch

173  In front of the entrance of

Fort Marlborough in Bengkulu,

an elderly lady is selling her

home cooked food

174  From Fort Marlborough we

spot this strange construction in

Bengkulu – one part of the house

is built on top of the other.

Obviously it is a hotel

175  At Bengkulu with its 400‘000

people, one fishing boat besides the

other lines the beach. It’s also the

capital of the same named province

176  Panjang beach in Bengkulu is

stretching for miles. During the week

it is most of the time deserted

177  In the quiet Bengkulu lagoon,

fishermen are fishing from

bamboo rafts

178  A nostalgic horse carriage

rolls leisurely along the Pajang

beach in Bengkulu …..

179  ….. an elephant is greeting our

LandCruiser. On Sundays it is the main

attraction at Panjang Beach. It carries

children for a ride along the beach, thus

adds to his living. There are around 300

working elephants in Sumatra, but the

wild ones are more than rare …..

180  ….. the elephant seems to

express its joy that it is able to

catch the cool sea breeze

181  It is easy to spend some hours

at the pool with ocean view at the

luxury Horison Hotel in Bengkulu …..

182  ..... occasionally we take

advantage of Wi-Fi in the

hotel’s parking lot

183  Five on a motorbike is quite

common. We have spotted also six

184  An idyllic quiet scenery South of

Bengkulu: Fishing boats mooring at

the bank of a meandering river …..

185  ..... no catch! The

fisherman will throw out

his net elsewhere again

186  A settlement squeezed between

the ocean and rice fields in the evening

light near the coastal village of Krui

187  In the South of Sumatra’s

West coast, near the coastal village

of Krui, the sandy beaches start –

one more beautiful than the other

188  The ball of the setting sun

shines through palm trees, when

we approach the surfer paradise

of Krui in the South

189  A deserted coast North of Krui

190  A band plays to a performance

of boys at a school ground in a

small country village .....

191  ….. the face of

a dancer shows the

special make-up …..

192  ….. the dancers in their

traditional costumes show their skills

193  Typically for a Muslim country:

Women and girls are watching the

performances from one side …..

194  ….. and men and boys

from the another side

195  At the Southwest coast, we pass

some homes with attached Hindu

temples as found on the island of Bali

196  Three trucks block the road at a

mountain pass – not unusual in Sumatra.

Two try to rescue their “colleague” that

went off the road with steel cables,

what they manage surprisingly fast

197  On a mountain pass, we run

out of fuel. Emil is pouring our last

5 gallons from a jerry can into the tank

198  In the rainforest, we

always discover new

tropical flowers

199  Colorful fishing boats and a tiny

offshore island in Bandar Lampung, the

southernmost town in Sumatra, is the

backdrop for the ARD interview that

has been broadcasted in Germany in

their“Nachtmagazin” during the news

on July 20th, 2010 …..

200  ..... the German 3-men-crew

who flew in from Singapore, is

shooting how Liliana improvises a

meal with corned beef and peas …..

201  ..... a picture to remember the

ARD crew on the parking of our

Hotel in Bandar Lampung

202  A cyclist rolls unhurriedly along

Kalianda’s beach, the last village

before the ferry terminal of Bakauheni,

where the ferries sail to Java

203  We park between piles

of rubbish at the otherwise

lovely beach of Kalianda

204  Locals drive back from

the beach to their settlement

205  A cluster of peaceful fishermen

houses along Kalianda’s coast

206  A mobile kitchen in the village of

Kalianda. With a connected gas con-

tainer, food is prepared freshly on the spot

207  Emil relaxes beside our car

on the ferry from Bakauheni

in Sumatra to Merak in Java

208  Like already three years ago, a

dealer is selling also this time a liquid for

healing or stimulating in small bottles. Is it

obtained from alive mantas displayed here?

209  Cheerfully passengers pose

for a picture to remember on the

ferry from Sumatra to Java

210  We are back on the congested

streets of Jakarta. Since 2007,

it did not get any better

211  Our LandCruiser sits in a „beauty

parlor“ in Jakarta. In the efficient Sinar Jaya

workshop, it gets a set of new tires (for the

first time a Chinese brand named Boto!), a

new battery and a new tarp for the roof …..

212  ..... and we are presented each

with a T-shirt of the „International

Offroad Challenge“ and a jacket

of the “Rainforest Challenge”

213  On July 7th, 2010, our LandCruiser is

waiting in the container yard of our shipping

agent in Jakarta for its 19th container, which

will bring it on the freighter “Pacific Resolution”

of the Swire Shipping Line “Tasman Orient” to

Lae in Papua New Guinea – the 167th country

To the previous website: Pictures from our 2010-Indonesian trip in West Sumatra in May and June 2010

• Report from Sarawak, Part 1: Northeast (Miri) from June to August 2006
• Allround-Rejuvenation of our LandCruisers FJ60, model 1982, in Miri from Juni 20th, to August 30th, 2006
• Report from Brunei in September 2006
• Report from Sabah in October 2006
• Report from Sarawak, Part 2: South (Kuching) in November 2006
• Pictures from our Borneo trip through Sarawak, Brunei, Sabah and Kalimantan from August to November 2006