Embun Pagi, Lawang Village and Lake Maninjau
Monday, May 08, 2006
Embun Pagi (morning mist) in Padang Gelanggang valley 27 kms from Bukittinggi is a place to enjoy the fresh air mist and beautiful view of Lake Maninjau surrounded by green hills.
Before Embun Pagi is Lawang Village. This area is famous with the sugar cane products. The processing of sugar cane use traditional methods. Visitors also can taste the cane juice while enjoying Lake Maninjau view. The road to the lake is famous for its 44 bends (kelok ampek puluah ampek), and offers splendid views of the lake with its surrounding ring of mountain and its terraced rice fields, which form giant steps of vivid green sloping upwards along the road. Many lodges and restaurants along the lake shore.
The lake retains its natural wonder as giants bats float across it every twilight, and the echoing calls of birds and monkeys can be heard from the jungle. Farming and fishing around Lake Maninjau are still very traditional.
Lake Maninjau is one of the most treasured and worth while places to experience not only in West Sumatera but in all places of in Indonesia.
