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| Green Payakumbuh |
If there's something I truly believe in, it must be the words "Everything happens for a reason" After being stranded, I recalled a friend in Medan that offered to stay at his factory at Payakumbuh, a town one hour from Bukittinggi. I hesitate at the beginning, cos a factory must be out of nowhere (I don't mind tho) but it means I have to bother his employee during my stay, but considering that its closed to Harau Valley~my limelight destination, and I didn't have plan B, finally I buzzed those friend and ended up stayed 2 nights at his factory.
The bus ride from Medan was nice (except the fact that it stopped for dinner at 12AM), its big window offered me incredible scene along the way from Lumbanjulu to Prosea. I've passed this road quite sometimes but never realized that it's so beautiful. As the road turned darker when reaching Balige, I zonked with the help of tiny pink pill called Antimo.
Ko Jack picked me up and took me for a scrumptious lunch of grilled fish and Dendeng Batokok. This thin beef meat easily becomes one of my fave foods, thus I tried to have it as many as I can during my trip in West Sumatra and Jambi. He then drove me to Harau Valley, which is far beyond my expectation, I should remind myself for not setting the bar too high for typical popular local tourist destinations. This place remind me of Bantimurung Waterfall of Maros, South Sulawesi. This two waterfalls though not look-a-like but have something in common, crowded and lots of trash. But to my surprise, the view around the factory is incredible (located nearby Harau Valley and shared some part of same Karst hills). Hidden in the village, there's a resort named Larangan resort that (again) surprisingly success to awe me. By the time I left Payakumbuh, I was overwhelmed with grateful feelings. I'm grateful for my great host~Ko Jack, for all the good foods I had, for all those amazing places and moments, best part of that-I didn't even have to spend a dime for all of that (cheapshit mode). I won't experienced that if only I didn't get stranded at the first place. Thanks Bunga for not showing up that morning :')
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| View around the factory |
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| Larangan Resort |
