Bukittinggi, Padang (Day 3)

Assalamualaikum...

Day 3 in Bukittinggi.

Harini jadual bermula agak awal yakni jam 7.30 pagi (waktu tempatan) kerna acaranya adalah hendak ke Pasar Aur Kuning dan Kedai Sulam Linduang Bulan.

Breakfast yang sama di hotel.. Muak aih hari hari nasik goreng, kentang goreng dan kopi. But it comes with the hotel package kan. I can't complain much. Tapi kuantiti tu dah jauh berbeza la dari first day. Ciput je kami makan.

So, the journey to Pasar Aur Tebing began as planned. Tak jauh pun, dekat je tempat ni dengan hotel. 

This pasar famous kerana ini tempat jualan borong. Beli satu dua dia tak layan. But my father and I were dissapointed sebab kedai - kedai di sini berselerak. It is not in a complex macam di Pasar Atas. Nak kasi gambaran ape ya.. Mugkin boleh try Jalan Masjid India but more kepada pasar basah punya syle. At least Masjid India tu luas dan tertumpu kepada kain je tapi di Pasar Aur Kuning ni, segala carca merba dijual dalam keadaan yang berselerak dan that area is huge. We didnt feel like walking around wasting time surveying the price for telekung dan kain sulam so we went to a shop secara random and my father managed to bargain for quite reasonable price untuk telekung sulam. So dia borong 20 pasang telekung sulam. I dont remember how much he paid for it but it is quite cheap untuk something berkualiti macam tu.

And then we went to Kedai Sulam Linduang Bulan. This is a boutique ekslusif tepi jalan. It carries crazy beautiful kain sulam yang designnye memang high fashion. Harganya agak mahal dari Pasar Atas and I was hooked dengan satu kain sulam tekat ni.. Ya Allah lawa sangat tapi my father said IDR 350.000 is expensive. Actually it is quite cheap for design macam tu. Sekitar RM105.00 je tapi dah my father kata rileks rileks dulu. Aku pun rileks rileks la sampai teringat-teringat sampai malamnya. 

this photo is taken using panorama view

After stopping sekejap di Kedai tu, we went to Panorama Sungai Landia. This is basically a spot for a beautiful view of farmers village from on top of a hill. Agak cantek for me yang jarang jarang dapat tengok pokok pokok dan kotak-kotak tanaman atas tanah. 20mins stop itu diikuti dengan pendakian ke Puncak Lawang untuk tengok Tasik Maninjau dari puncak bukit. This tasik is said to form selepas letusan gunung berapi. My father didnt buy it sebab dia kata from his knowledge hanya Gunung Karakatoa dan Danau Toba sahaja yang ada tasek hasil dari volcanic activities. Wallahualam. May be you guys can google it. 

After 20 mins amik gambar bagai, we went for lunch di Rumah Makan Sederhana balik. And I am sorry kalau ada any Indonesian readers particularly dari Bukittinggi but we dread our lunch and dinner on our 3rd day. My father sampai boleh terkeluar ayat "Eh.. malam tadi dapat duit dah, lauk nampaknya makin sikit dari hari-hari sebelumnya and food was served cold". Memang kitorang makan sikit dan food didnt look that much menyelerakanlah kiranya. After that, our Sopir/Supir dropped us back kat Pasar Atas untuk ketemu sama Kak Linda. This time we borong kaw kaw sampai my father kena beli satu luggage bag baru untuk bawak kain kain yang dibeli. He spent IDR 5.000.000 untuk kain sulam 25 pasang dan telekung sulam 10 pasang. Murah kan? Murah la... Dia nak jual katanya.. Oke abah!

And then we got back to our hotel awal untuk rehat-rehat. As as the previous nights, dinner time is at 8.30pm.

For 3rd night dinner, memang kitorang dissapointed sangat. Lauk cuma 6 jenis. Ikan keras gila. Lauk semua sejuk bakhang! Dan this time tiada dessert buah.. We all had some few nasty thoughts la dalam kepada berkenaan dengan servis yang diberikan ini.

Before going back to hotel, my father had requested for our Sopir/Supir to take us to Jam Gadang, in which tempat ni mcm landmark dan tourist attraction bagi kawasan Bukittinggi ni. Fungsi dia sama macam KLCC kot but wayyyyyy smaller and less people. We could sense he was reluctant to drive us around sebab he suggested that we watch persembahan tarian instead. My father punya ayat sonang ja.."dia dah malas la tu". oppsss.. 

Nontheless, kitorang ikuti jugak cadangan dia. Bayaran masuk ke persembahan tu IDR 50.000/person (appro. RM15/person) and it was nothing fancy macam di Istana Budaya oke. Let me being honest here. It is like watching persembahan student2 sekolah menengah untuk talent time gitu. It was not that bad, but it could be better considering that itu boleh jadi tarikan utama pelancong untuk experience budaya minang di Bukittinggi.

And then, 10.30pm (waktu tempatan) we went to bed lah.. Lewat tido kali ni. 

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