Thursday, 3rd May 2012

Lake Maninjau

Today we packed our things early in the morning again and loaded onto the bus. Firstly we went to see the Japanese Tunnels. They were built by the Japanese during the 2nd world war. After seeing the actually tunnels we went to a museum, where all of the weapons that were found in the tunnels were kept.

Once we were done looking around the small museum, we headed the road again. This time we wanted to go see some big bats. So we did a rice paid walk and saw the big fruits back from a big distance though. We had to use binoculars to get a better view. After our very short walk through the rice paddies, we went to some silver shops. One of them showed us how to make the silver, and the other one sold very pretty things, like for example some traditional houses made out of silver.

After we were all loaded on the bus, we went to see Lake Maninjau. There we also had a picnic lunch. Then we headed further on our way back to Padang. The drive took around 3.5 hours. I was completely exhausted, and when we finally got there, I was so relieved. We went into our rooms and then had to come bak down again to go for dinner. We ate some traditional Padang food. I thought that it was really delicious. Slightly spicy for my taste, but otherwise really good.