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One of the waterfalls in Lembah Harau (Resort Aka Barayun area) Previous post: Fort to lake Maninjau in a day … (part 2) … My plan for the next day would be Lembah Harau (Harau Valley) in Payakumbuh area. When I did some research...

Padang, Sumatra This post recounts a journey I made to Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia, in 2009. If you say “Sumatra” to someone, it will conjure up images of tigers, impenetrable rainforest, exotic coffee and maybe even the 2004 tsunami. On Thursday afternoon...

In the depths of Sumatra, I met a charming community known as the Minangkabau and was captivated by their culture and traditions – as well as their houses! Basic information, from mapsoftheworld.com The Minangkabau ethnic group is indigenous to the...

Bukittingi - Tanah Datar, Indonesië Tanah Datar, Indonesië Na de lange busreis, nog voor wat gegeten te hebben, zijn we in slaap gevallen. We sliepen in een hotelletje aan een drukke weg, waar het toeteren van auto's en brommertjes de hele...

Sadie collecting a Paraboea specimen in West Sumatra In order ‘to explore, conserve and explain the world of plants’ we need to build up our collections, both of living plants and herbarium specimens, especially from under-collected parts of the world...