From the category archives:
Because I took just soooooo many photographs during my five days in West Sumatra, I have made up a slideshow of some of the better ones, which you can look at by clicking…
HERE.
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I will write more about the trip later, but it’s an amazing place. The landscape is stunning and the people are so friendly. And I only got the chance to see a small part of it.
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People told me Padang isn’t amazing. That it’s just a place to go to so you can get to Bukittinggi or the Mentawai islands. Well, I’ve been in Padang for six or seven hours so far and I have to respectfully disagree.
The locals are so friendly, especially the kids. When I was down at the rather pleasant but choppy-looking beach, and walking around, I had an obscene amount of “hello missus, hello mister” like everywhere else because there aren’t that many foreigners visiting here these days apparently. But here the kids were so curious and interested and made the time to have a bit of a conversation with me, either in Indonesian or English. They all wanted their photos taken down the beach at sunset, and they were asking me questions about Australia that I really didn’t have the language ability to answer very well!
Kid: What things are in Australia?
Me: Umm. Many beaches and many animals. It is hot, like Indonesia.
What a compelling description by me! The kids weren’t hitting me up for cash either, which is always refreshing.
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I'm Ashlee, an Australian journalist-type obsessed with travel, food and photography. After spending 21 months living and working in Indonesia, I'm back in Australia for a while. From August, I will be a graduate student at American University's School of International Service in Washington D.C.
Sometimes I do serious work, but not usually on this blog.
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