Journey of Life

The final day coming so soon. We made our way back to Padang and spent one nights before catching early inbound flight on the next day. I just combines these two days into single post. Half-way backed to Padang, we stopped at Padang Panjang for Sate Mak Syukur lunch. Sate available in the morning, which is not norm in Malaysia. The gravy was bit different and tasted more spicy than our sambal kacang. An hour apart, we stopped for lunch at Rumah Makan Lamun Ombak.  We decided to tour the city of Padang before late checked-in to Rocky Plaza Hotel.

This post gonna be short since more than half of the day allocated to visit Buya Hamka's Birthplace Museum, the prominent Muslim scholar in Malay archipelago. Located about 36 km to the west of the city center, we passing through 44 hairpin corners heading to Lake Maninjau. Known as Lekok 44 by local, offers stunning view of the lake. We stopped for coffee at one of small shop.  The sharp corners ended once we entered Maninjau small town by the lake. Buya Hamka's museum was about 15 minutes from the town.

On the Friday morning, Mr Sindep picked up us to continue with a full day tour, circling the Mount Marapi. We stopped in several small cities such as Bulakan, Batusangkar and Padang Panjang. The main highlight for today, I guessed would be the Kiniko Coffee in Tabek Patah. So, let's begin... Our first stopped was Sulaman Hj Rosma shop, located in Kampung Baso. It's merely a training center for those who want to learn clothing embroidery. You can buy their product at a bit higher tag and fine quality products is assured.

Its Nu'man's 5 th birthday! When our flight took off for Minangkabau International Airport, one of the cabin crew announced and wished him a best birthday celebration. :P. You're growing up too fast my boy!  Our flight touched down in Bukittingi 8-ish in the morning. We headed to the city of Bukittingi after met with our tour guide cum driver. It was just about 80 km from the airport to Bukittinggi city center, but it took almost 2 hours. Certainly the distance doesn't determined the journey it took, neither the traffic. It just the local drove leisurely at max of 60 km/h.