West Sumatra

Best travel reports from West Sumatra

Padang / Mentawai

We continued south towards the coast to Padang, which is a two-hour journey away. The city itself doesn’t offer much, but the real destination was the Mentawai, an archipelago...

Bukittinggi

After we recovered from the bus ride, we started exploring Bukittinggi. Here, we immediately noticed that we had left the predominantly Christian area, and the Muslim lifestyle...

A hidden paradise - my journey to my friend's hometown

Long time not seen! I think my last post was sometime last year in summer. Since then, a lot has happened. After returning to Germany, I worked for six months to fulfill another...

43 and 44 Day Tuesday, February 16, 2016 Ho Chi Minh City - Saigon

Hello, We reached Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon, after a relatively short and pleasant 2.5-hour bus ride. To our advantage, it turns out that many people have left...