yeah, in sumatra. this country has lot of potential for tourist destination beside bali -which i really bet the most forigners will know us for xD-
still me and @
Mr Minio (probably) goal to visit in the future xD
what happen on pachinko parlors dan?
Well this thread didnt take long. I have no idea what's going on but not interested in getting involved in all that other stuff but wanted to come back to talk about this.
First off - pachinko parlors - the brutal noise and the cigarette smoke.I dont know how the hell anyone survives for hours in those things. Ghastly bloody environment. I wanted to check one out because I remember pachinko from when I visited there as a kid. My younger brother and I were obsessed so I walked in to have a look. Walked straight back out again.
What touristy stuff can you talk about with Sumatra? It's not a country, buddy. It's an island/Province of Indonesia first off .
I left singapore with my flatmate from sydney and went through Riau archipelago on a rickety old barge, you know the type that regularly capsize or burn and sink. This is way back in the late 1990s so my memory is a bit faded now but had a pretty interesting last night in snake river when pirates tried to pole vault onto the barge which we were told was a regular thing and that they were really dangerous. Gee thanks for telling me! They must have learnt that sport from the Dutch. Then from the port in Padang went straight up to Bukkittingi in the mountains to get some cooler weather.
From there I went to Siberut in the mentawai islands which was pretty primitive back then, and one of my brothers a few years ago went there with a group of old university friends to go surfing. From what he said things have really changed. I think of all the islands I have seen in indonesia Sumatra back then is probably my favourite experience in Indonesia along with Sulawesi.
Have you been to Sulawesi for a holiday?
My eldest brother went to Bali a few weeks ago with his bestie to stay in a friend's house in Candidasa I think ti was. It was his first time in Bali and he really enjoyed it when he stayed away from the backpacker ghettos full of young, drunk and very obnoxious australian bogans, and general touristy areas full of older, cashed up Australian bogans.
I'd like to go back to do a cooking course there. Indonesian food is so good, fresh and spicy. I stayed in a really beautiful resort years ago in candidasa that had cooking courses. I was there for work so didnt have spare time for one but this looks fun