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Outdoor Sports in Silokek Geopark
the Silokek geopark offers a complete tour package. Here, geological, historical, cultural and flora and fauna tours and outdoor sports gather in one place. It is rare to find a tour package as complete as this in other areas, both in West Sumatra and outside West Sumatra.
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Travel to Bukittinggi City (Part 2) – Tracing the Dark History of Japanese Colonialism in Bukittinggi
Japanese Tunnel was built based on the instructions of General Watanabe, Commander of the Japanese Army Defense in Sumatra, based in Bukittinggi City. The Japanese Tunnel is located in Bukittinggi Panorama Park to the right of the entrance. The location of Panorama Park is right across from the Tri Daya Eka Darma Struggle Museum in…
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Tourism in Sitiung: The First Transmigration Location in Indonesia
Sitiung regency is one of the transmigration areas located in the Dharmasraya district, an area that was originally a wilderness. Around 1976 the government relocated residents from Wonogiri Regency, Central Java Province to Sitiung Sub-district. This is due to the construction of the Gajah Mungkur reservoir. Gajah Mungkur Reservoir is 3 km away in the…
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Traveling: Payakumbuh City
City of branding Payakumbuh city changes from time to time. From the beginning of its formation, the city of Payakumbuh has been dubbed the City of Gelamai precisely on December 17, 1970. The inauguration ceremony of the city of Payakumbuh was attended by the Minister of Home Affairs: Amir Machmud at the Payakumbuh City Hall…
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Paragliding: Gado – gado Hill
Previously, this aerospace sport was called mountain diving. This is because paragliding takes a hill or mountain as the location for the drop. In 1993, the name mountain diving was replaced with paragliding along with the establishment of the first paragliding parent organization in Indonesia called the Indonesian Paragliding Association.In 1996 paragliding finally officially became…
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