West Sumatra Trip - Day 1 - The Preparation (Part 1) West Sumatra is always a place that I wanted to visit since I was a kid. I've heard many people talking about how beautiful it is, Bukit Tinggi, Padang Panjang, Solok, and other places that I've never heard before. It's a place where culture and Islam as religion held strong by the people, those beautiful scenery and old houses called "Rumah Gadang" stood as heritage from their parents, grandparents, and ancestors. Also the great foods such as "rendang", "dendeng batako", "gulai" and spicy "sambal lado". It is truly heaven for me as a traveler and a person who loves to eat a lot. When a friend asked me to travel to his home town in West Sumatra, I jumped and with enthusiasm said "let's go!". May 2014, I planned to travel with another friend who also have "minang" blood in his family, but raised in Jakarta. And it's been more than a decade he visited his relatives there. So we both decided on 20th of May we're going to have an adventurous journey to West Sumatra. We agree we don't want to travel by plane, but by land using public transportation (buses and ferry boat). Sure it's going to take more time to travel, but it's also cost less to our pocket, and of course it's and adventurous backpacking experience! My friend who asked me in the first place would be joining us later, because he's busy with his work and only got day off for a few days, so he'll be going by plane at the 23rd of May. ... to be continue - Part 2 ---- This is a part of Travel blog that I will publish (I have no experience writing a blog before, so this is my first one), and it's only in Bahasa Indonesia. I put this here, hoping I can also make the English version of my blog posts. I hope you can help me correct my English writing so it's proper to publish soon. Thank you for reading and correcting in advance.