Bukittinggi Travel Tips

Insider advice for your Bukittinggi vacation

Bukittinggi - Bukittinggi's Jam Gadang, with Mount Singgalang in the background.

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AndreaLJC

Globetrotter Oct 22, 2007

Bukitingi Market 3 stars

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There is a big market in Bukitingi, its in the town centre and seemed to be open most days. The market sells all sorts of goods including clothing, food and house hold good amongst other stuff, some of it quite random. There is a really cool hat stall that you have to see, it must have every... [more]

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explorerlfk

Insider Aug 10, 2007

Bukittinggi – Odd Vibrations 2 stars

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There is something slightly unnerving about arriving in a town before sunrise, to find a fair proportion of the population out jogging. Such feelings are enhanced when you arrive in the main square to find it full of people performing callisthenic exercises in almost perfect unison. My initial... [more]

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AndreaLJC

Globetrotter Jul 30, 2007

Lost in the Jungle 2 stars

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I was in Buketingy with my sister and I had read in my guide book about a gorge near by that I thought would be nice to see, so we set off with our map to try and find it but when we got near it we couldn't find the turn-off so ended walking back and forth a few times. A local man asked us if we... [more]

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AndreaLJC

Globetrotter Jul 30, 2007

Getting a tattoo in Bukittinggi 4 stars

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I had wanted another tattoo for ages but was traveling for a year so was on a budget and everywhere we asked in the Asian countries that we had been to were fairly expensive but when we arrived in Bukittinggi we soon got chatting to some of the locals and they were asking us about our tattoos and... [more]

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AndreaLJC

Globetrotter Jul 30, 2007

Climbing the volcano in Bukittinggi 4 stars

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I have always wanted to climb a volcano and when we arrived in Bukittinggi I found out that I could! I wasn't really prepared for it, or thought it through at all. I'm a very unfit person and find it hard just running for the bus so I have no idea why I thought it would be a good idea for me to... [more]

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AndreaLJC

Globetrotter Jul 30, 2007

Visiting Bukittinggi 5 stars

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We came across Bukittinggi totally by accident after getting the boat to Indonesia from Malaysia, we arrived fairly late and realiseed how long it would take to get to Jakarta and a local man we got talking to suggested we go to Bukittinggi, a good suggestion it was too! Its a fairly small town... [more]

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