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My reason to come to Bukittinggi was climbing my second active volcano: Merapi. This would be a night climb, starting at 11pm, arriving at the top before sunrise. Kristiejan and Priscilla wanted to join me so we booked together, leaving for the foot of the mountain at 10.30pm. The weather was horrible, a thunderstorm with [...]

While being on my way to Bukittinggi, I contacted Andy, Eddice and Ari. It turned out that they were all still in Bukittinggi, even staying at the same guesthouse: Orchid Hotel. My bus arrived at the office of the bus company from which I shared a taxi with a Dutch couple arriving at the same [...]

Today I uploaded a selection of the pictures I made in Berastagi, Lake Toba, Bukittinggi, Indonesia You can find the pictures here: Berastagi, Indonesia: Normal view (Google maps or Google Earth) Lake Toba, Indonesia: Normal view (Google maps or Google Earth) Bukittinggi, Indonesia: Normal view (Google maps or Google Earth)