Saturday, March 15, 2008

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Baduis Country (VC)

Rangkasbitung Branch, West Java, with tears, with Yacine. There, it seems that there are tribes that live in the jungle, remote from any who refuse technology, who do not speak Indonesian, and everything. Oh yeah?


It starts with the train Ekonomi. 2h30 folk to 2,000 rupees (0.15 euro). Human chaos in a train that travels amid scenery so calm ...


Arrive Rangkasbitung so. Meals, gathering info proves quite difficult. You end up still found a body and a guy who wants to lead us, zou! Cisemut direction. It sinks in beautiful rice fields.


On the road there is work. When it's like that in Indonesia, there is always a man to collect on as a thank you for repairs, and a girl shouting into a microphone to the attention of passing cars: "Please, spin us sub !. This time, as we passed, the girl in question has goggled eyes as we passed, and stopped his speech to howling still in its saturated sono "Hey, hey, ada bule, ada bule!" ("Hey, hey, there are white, some white !!"). Indonesia delicious ...

Cisemut, peaceful village so far away ... No hotel, it is hosted in private homes. Bad pick (or picks so good in it became funny), the guy was kind of annoying that the first was afraid it was lost in the huge megalopolis of 3 blocks and 200 souls, so he followed us everywhere. Stroll through the peaceful rice fields out of sight at sunset. The kids swim in the river, ask us to take a picture ... It really is just 150 km from Jakarta ... Or deep in Lombok?



The next day Ciboledger direction. Equally charming village on the outskirts of the forest baduis (tribes foo stuff, you follow?). It's raining but it does not matter, it's sweet ... 5 hours walk in the jungle with a guide that walks barefoot where it fails to break the figure with hiking shoes ... River crossings with or without a bridge, visiting villages ... We have not had not lied, no electricity, no running water, few people speak Bahasa Indonesia. But a few cans of coca sad anyway ...




baduis Dodo in a house, land. It's not very comfortable but we made it. The next day, last ride, this time under the sun, then back to Jakarta ...

3 days out of the oven: it feels good to breathe.


Friday, February 29, 2008

What Dragon Ball Zepisode Did Vegeta And B



If one were to summarize in two words that region (sumatra barat)

- Women 'power, yeah : Women take the pants, the wallet, the refrigerator .. . EVERYTHING! Finally an intelligent world ... Long live the matriarchal!


- Some roofs beautiful, evoking buffalo horn


(for the record, just words Minang Minangkabau (victorious) and Kabau (buffalo) and the legend " a dispute between the Minangkabau and a neighboring prince of Majapahit . To avoid a battle, the people had offered to fight to death two buffaloes, each representing one party. The prince led the largest aggressive and buffalo, but the Minangkabau rusèrent bringing a baby buffalo hungry, whose horns had been cut so as to be as sharp as knife blades. Seeing the adult buffalo in the middle of the field, the baby ran toward him hoping milk. The big buffalo saw no threat from the baby he paid no attention, seeking an opponent to the measure. When the baby looked fumbled seeking a possible breast, he was mortally wounded buffalo and brought victory to the Minangkabau people. "thank you wikipedia!


cuisine Padang

Very appreciated Indonesians is one of the spicier cuisines (with that of Manado), provided that you cry your race if you do not like that! Genre Indonesian tapas is served as small portions, you take the entire map to the restaurant table, you only pay what you eat (the plate). Among the specialties: rendang (beef stew), eggplant with chilli, deng-deng (dried beef) and other tricks of liver, heart, and I do not know what ...

Bukittingi


Not much to do in this town nice and quiet, apart from big ben to Indo, report a very good Chinese restaurant: the Mona Lisa with a reproduction of Madame Mona Lisa on its walls and a grimy wonton soup terrible!


The Valley Harau

Wedged between huge cliffs orange-brown, Valley Haurau (a 30aine km from Padang) is a haven of tranquility only monkeys chatter disturb their impressive! The only place to spend the night there is a corner charming: ECHO Homestay (0812 6730 609), with traditional house and staff really nice.

500 people live in this valley as we walk through rice fields, villages, and waterfalls


Rafflesia

Neither stem nor root, nor leaf, c is still a flower - and even the largest of its kind in the world (up to 1 to 1 kg and m wide).
Statistically, you should see your ass edged noodles to see : They are found in the forests of Sumatra, Malaysia and the Philippines and they live only 18 months after 8-10 days to hatch!


Lake Maninjau

After 46 turns, beautiful view overlooking the lake - not as nice as Toba in my eyes, but very nice anyway. Tower Lake (70 km ) cycling, walking, pijat with the Ibu the corner, it's a great place to relax and forget the noise and smells from Jakarta .. We particularly like Narrow passage to borrow muddy rice paddies and water buffalo to get to the homestay (In Arnel)

Nice walk in the jungle that leads to the rice fields with a tremendous view over the lake. Experienced but can not sleep in the middle of nowhere (the halfway point of the trip lasts 1h30 walking well) in the "ANAS homestay" - for the fans of leeches!

the same Anas that saves you from apoplexy with a crumb junk that takes more than 40 minutes to cook, but that is more than worthy of urban warungs


The beaches of the coast

Although large, well cleans for Indonesian standards, always with local fishermen and onlookers club tumbling out of nowhere in no time movements when it comes to quell bule .. Black sand, you can still see the white patches on the opposite, that look nice ... well for the next time!