A group of seven persons with six motor cycles that mostly of BMW GS Adventure conducted a tour starting from Padang, West Sumatra to Banda Aceh and finished in Medan, North Sumatra.
Tour started on December 16 from Minangkabau Airport, Padang and completed in Medan on Dec 22, 2011.
The group arrived in Padang and all bikes have already stood-by. After changing the clothes with riding gears including riding pants, jacket, boots and helmet, we started to ride to Bukittinggi about 80 kms from Padang. We passed through famous and beautiful Lembah Anai and an old bridge of three track train we arrived at Padang Panjang and stop at Mak Syukur Sate Padang restaurant. We enjoyed the food very much and continued riding to Bukit Tinggi under heavy rain all the way. We arrive in Bukittinggi at dusk and went straight to the Hills Hotel, near Jam Gadang (Big Clock).
Route Tour from Padang, Banda Aceh and medan
Just arrived and ready to ride from Minangkabau Airport, Padang to Bukit Tinggi
We spent one night in Bukit Tinggi. We had an excellent dinner at Padang Restaurant near Jam Gadang. Before taking rest we enjoyed having durian with with very good taste.
The next morning we continued our ride to Sibolga through Bonjol, Kotanopan, Padang Sidempuan. We have ridden through this route before. We stopped in Bonjol at the Equator Monument and crossed the line from southern hemisphere to the northern hemisphere.
In action on the Equator Line.
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- In action on the Equator Line.
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- Route Tour from Padang, Banda Aceh and medan
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- Just arrived and ready to ride from Minangkabau Airport, Padang to Bukit Tinggi
Bagus! I worked for 6 months in Sumatra. In the south though. I rode a DT125 Yamaha around and it was fantastic. That must of been 10 years ago now, but I will never forget..thanks for the reminder of that special time.
Stu
Thanks for your comment. Next time come again and ride over Sumatra again but may be with a bigger bike.