Welcome To Bukittinggi Indonesia! 🇮🇩

We made it to Bukittinggi here in West Sumatra, Indonesia and today we explored this incredible little mountain city.
So much delicious Indonesian food was eaten including the best chicken rendang of our lives.
We checked out some viewpoints over the jungles and volcanos then headed to the iconic Bukittinggi clock tower to end the day.
Bukittinggi is a lovely little city we really enjoyed this place 🇮🇩
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Chapters:
0:00 World's Quietest Breakfast
6:20 Sneaking Into Viewpoint
11:31 Selfie Time...
12:40 Street Ice Lollys
16:19 Indonesia's Best Chicken Rendang
25:42 Bukittinggi Clock Tower
27:30 Weird Cheap Street Food
31:10 Thoughts On Bukittinggi
#Indonesia #bukittinggi #sumatra

[@PlanetDoug]

I spent some time in Bukittinggi, and I was surprised to learn that there is quite an interesting historic site inside the viewpoint park that you visited: the Japanese Tunnels (or Lobang Jepang). The tunnel complex was built during the Japanese occupation of Sumatra in World War II, and it is has been restored and opened to the public. The 20,000-rupiah ticket to this park also includes entrance to the Japanese Tunnels. They are well worth visiting even if you don't have a particular interest in history. The tunnel complex is extensive and quite a bit of fun to explore. And the zoo that you walked past is also connected to a historic site, a place called Fort de Kock. Fort de Kock is a 19th Century Dutch fort built on a hill during the Padri War. This was before the city was even called Bukittinggi. The zoo is connected to Fort de Kock by the beautiful Limpapeh suspension bridge (Jembatan Limpapeh), which goes across a busy street and offers nice views of the city in both directions. The ticket to enter the zoo is a combo ticket that includes the zoo, entrance to the Fort de Kock park, a zoological museum, and entrance to a gorgeous Rumah Gadang that houses a museum. I mention these things just in case other visitors watch your video and dismiss the Panorama Bukittinggi (viewpoint park) and the Bukittinggi Zoo as uninteresting or not worth the ticket price. The Panorama Bukittinggi park doesn't consist of just the one viewpoint. There are many viewpoints stretched along the cliff edge, including the tower that you climbed. There are selfie/Instagram spots and stages for musical performances. There is a small mosque, some restaurants, and a children's playground. If you're lucky, you could arrive at a time when dozens of macaques are arrayed along the cliffside fence and in the trees. And then there is the highlight of the place: the tunnel complex. I think all of that put together is well worth the 20,000-rupiah ticket price ($1.25 US). The same can be said of the ticket for the Bukittinggi Zoo, which, as I mentioned, includes not just the animal exhibits but a really nice Rumah Gadang museum, a zoological museum, the Limpapeh Bridge, and Fort de Kock. The animal enclosures are pretty rough, it's true, and there is much room for improvement, but there is a lot to see and experience in the complex as a whole.

[@EllisWR]

Hey mate the panorama area is cool and worth visiting for sure. We wandered round just only filmed a little bit and didn't pay because we won't pay to look at the planets nature aha! I only bashed the zoo and entry price because I don't believe in charging foreigners more it's horrible behaviour. It's a lovely little town with great food and lovely. Surroundings

[@PlanetDoug]

@@EllisWR At the risk of repeating myself, there is more at this park than just the views of Sianok Canyon. You don't want to pay for the views of nature, but what about for the historic aspects? The Japanese Tunnels complex is also inside that park, and it's a rare opportunity to see something like that. I'm not aware of anything on the scale of Lobang Jepang anywhere else in Asia. On my visit, I remember thinking that 20,000 rupiah to experience a place like that was a bargain of a lifetime. In any event, all parks like this have a budget. They have to be built and maintained, and then salaries have to be paid. That is where the 20,000 rupiah goes. The money has to come from somewhere. If it doesn't come in the form of tickets and entrance fees, it has to come from taxes. And for the city to get the money to maintain this park, it would have to increase taxes, which would lead to an increase in prices across the city. My point is that you would be paying for this park one way or the other. It's just a question of where the money comes from. And without that money, views of nature like this would not even exist. If the city hadn't built the panorama park, all that land would surely have been bought up by big hotel chains or become private property, and the public would have lost all access to the beautiful views. I've seen that in cities around the world. A city might have a beautiful waterfront or scenic area, but there is almost no access to it for normal people because all the land has been bought up big developers and privatized for the wealthy or they put a highway system right on the coast. I think it's astonishingly lucky that Bukittinggi has succeeded in keeping this section of land open to the public in the form of a park like that. I certainly wouldn't begrudge them a small entrance fee of 20,000 rupiah, especially considering all that is offered. As for dual-pricing, it's just a fact of life. You can make arguments one way or the other about whether it is right or wrong. However, I wouldn't let it get in the way of enjoying what a city or country has to offer. Countries all around the world have tourism taxes. Malaysia, for example, charges all foreign tourists $2.15 US per day ($66/month) just to be in the country. Most countries across Europe have equivalent tourist taxes, some lower and some much higher. Indonesia at least doesn't charge a tourism tax that I'm aware of. You can get upset that you have to pay more as a foreigner to enter the Bukittinggi Zoo. But you can balance that against not having to pay a tourist tax plus the privileges you get across Indonesia precisely BECAUSE you are a foreigner. I experienced that constantly. When I reserved a seat on an airport shuttle bus, they automatically reserved the front seat for me because I was a tall foreigner, and they wanted me to be comfortable. And this was done at no extra charge. When I got a flat tire on my scooter, the local tourist police drove me around on their scooter to help me find a repair shop to fix it. Again, no charge. In restaurants, the staff would bring me extra dishes for free in addition to my paid order because they wanted me to experience the other good food they served. People constantly went far out of their way to help me and guide me simply because I was a foreign tourist. So, when I encounter dual-pricing, I mentally balance it against the far greater privileges I received as a foreign visitor, and I wouldn't let it bother me. And in the end, it's not like you're talking about a lot of money. The Bukittinggi Zoo costs 25,000 rupiah for Indonesians and 40,000 rupiah for foreign tourists. That's a difference of 15,000 rupiah, or less than $1 US. I think it's valid to say that dual-pricing is an outmoded practice. It doesn't make sense in the modern world. However, is it worth it to expend a ton of energy on the subject and get emotional about it when you're talking about the difference of less than a dollar? I don't think so. You can make a big deal out of dual-pricing every time you encounter it, or you can just make one decision to just let it go and just forget about it.

[@EllisWR]

@@PlanetDoug appreciate your comment you must love Indonesia and that's great for you everybody likes different things 🙏 We moan because we've been away for 2 years straight now and not had to deal with these embarassing things and our solution is simple just leave and go back to where we are treated with kindness and respect which is what we've done and couldn't be any happier. Wish you the best mate.

[@admin7962]

@@PlanetDoug You are such a wise man. So true of what you said.

[@RahmatHidayat-yp5ok]

Ellis, try collaborating with Carlos because Carlos is in West Sumatra. Carlos is also like you (youtuber). Try looking at his vlog, namely WILD Carlos

[@EllisWR]

Thanks my friend would be cool wouldnt it

[@amru2895]

For attention...the original Rendang cuisine its come from Padang...now you taste many kind of varieties Rendang...sure all delicious..huhh..?😋

[@EllisWR]

So delicious

[@kenziesebastian_]

31:21 hahaha that was DOPE 😂🤙

[@EllisWR]

Ahahah

[@Rahmat-kg4pc]

In West Sumatera You Must Visit *Puncak Lawang View Maninjau Lake,Kelok/Winding Road 44 in Maninjau *Kelok 9 Bridge Payakumbuh *Canyon Sianok in Bukittinggi *Best Night Street Food and Muzium Minang in Padang Panjang *Singkarak Lake,Aua Sarumpun-Tanah Datar *Payagurung Beautiful Palace-Tanah Datar *Harau Valley in Payakumbuh *Jam Gadang,Lobang Jepang,Janjang 1000 in Bukittingi *Much Beautiful Beach in Padang-Painan-Pariaman *Big Mosque West Sumatera,In Padang Have a Nice Trip My Brothers Keep Healthy Keep Enjoy!!

[@stevenrostron6671]

It's a nice place, stopped there on the way to Lake Toba. I remember there are some Japanese WW2 tunnels and a valley thatbis really nice walk

[@EllisWR]

Yeah quite lovely!

[@amru2895]

if you in Negeri Sembilan (nine States)in Malaysia you may notice that the roots of people there comes from West Sumatra has similiar cultures

[@EllisWR]

Ooo

[@kasemsanthongsawan]

I miss Bukit Tinggi. A great place to visit.

[@EllisWR]

Yes lovely isn't it

[@jusufagung]

Honestly, Bukittinggi is the most beautiful city in Indonesia. The second one is Manado.

[@EllisWR]

It is a lovely place

[@wawanronawan5628]

Bukittinggi love this city...nice wheater...

[@EllisWR]

Lovely place

[@marcoroams]

Mate you are a hustler! Pumping out the videos!! ✌🏼

[@EllisWR]

Aha need to slow down after Christmas mate

[@MARIBERBAGI]

Food ingredients sold in Indonesia are generally purchased from markets every day, and the stock of food ingredients is always fresh because it is easy to obtain, every day farmers and breeders come to bring them because traditional markets in Indonesia do not have storage or refrigerators.

[@EllisWR]

Food is delicious

[@digiedaw_]

haha, yes Indonesian love selfie too much, I guess ask tourist for selfie is a part of our hospitality 😅 i hope you guys have a chance to visit other province too, every province has different vibe, different food, but the selfie part almost the same 😆. again great video! Mantap!

[@EllisWR]

We will have to visit different island!!

[@derhauptmann1897]

My mouth watering saw you eat rendang ❤

[@EllisWR]

Was sooo good

[@lokmanhakim716]

I enjoyed watching you eat the good food there… Chicken rendang is definitely one of the best and complex foods… please come back to KL and I can show you the foods that was similar as well 😂

[@EllisWR]

Next time show us round KL!

[@MardhiahJames]

The coconut floss on top of the rice is called serunding kelapa, we also eat that in Malaysia. We also have beef, chicken, fish serunding. We usually pair then with rice dish, regular rice or compressed rice. Very popular raya (festive) food. Cheers 🎉

[@EllisWR]

Appreciate you teaching us

[@CharoenPhetcharat]

สวัสดีครับ ทักทายจากประเทศไทย🙏

[@EllisWR]

Hey thanks my friend 🙏🙏

[@widyacanz]

People from other countries might have this misconception that everything in Indonesia should be super cheap. In reality we have inflation and the cost of everything including foodstuffs, gas, electricity, etc has risen quite significantly. The price of land in Indonesia can be more expensive compared to let say midwest USA. So when you have to pay $1 for a meal or $3 for a zoo ticket, it’s not expensive… it’s cheap even for Indonesian standard. There’s also a much better way to enjoy the ngarai Sianok which is through Lobang Jepang, the tunnel that was built during World War II.

[@jejakedwin]

Semoga kalian betah di indonesia

[@EllisWR]

Thanks so much 🙏

[@yanlim5540]

The Jam Gadang clock tower have the same identical machine with the Big Ben clock tower, only two in the world, made by Benhard Vortmann from Germany

[@EllisWR]

Super interesting stuff!

[@zoeljola488]

Mantap ❤❤❤

[@EllisWR]

🙏❤️

[@fajaroncam9229]

nice video

[@EllisWR]

Appreciate it!

[@bahasaplease]

9:04 The lady asked if you would like to take this cat ("mau dibawa?") 😁

[@EllisWR]

Oh ahah

[@hamrabeahkamarun8720]

Yeah i love Bkt Tinggi Indonesia...been there many times...nice n cool..!!!!

[@EllisWR]

Lovely place!

[@makyorio3112]

From some of your video,I love the way you connect with the local people. Litl bit surprise u can eat spicy food ❤

[@EllisWR]

Really appreciate you watching thanks so much

[@AzlindaRosAbdulAziz]

Hai guys...!!! That "pical" that you had for breakfast looks nice... we have "pecal" in Malaysia also but slightly different version because ours only contains mix vegetables with special peanut sauce (but the sauce is different from satay peanut sauce). Maybe next time you should search for our "pecal" in night markets. I can see that you are used to eating rice like we do... that's make you closer to our hearts, like you have become one of us... 😁

[@EllisWR]

Ahah we are one of you, 🙏

[@AzlindaRosAbdulAziz]

@@EllisWR 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@erlangwind]

In Central Java, we also have "pecel", which is also a mix of vegetables with special peanut sauce that's different from the one used for satay ;)

[@thorts]

This town looks really nice! The fiod at that little warung looked delicious as well!

[@EllisWR]

Food was that good we went every single day

[@thorts]

​@@EllisWRNice!

[@amru2895]

The famous is green sambal & intestine/ Usus Kalio ...you try ask...hermmm

[@EllisWR]

Sounds delicious

[@keangwooichoo6138]

Yummy street stalls. Cheap too

[@EllisWR]

Good stuff

[@arnolafrima7187]

Welcome to Bukittinggi, the tourist city of West Sumatra. Hopefully you will enjoy it and be more impressive than usual

[@EllisWR]

Lovely city 🙏

[@bluestarfishsea]

Beauty view ✨😍

[@EllisWR]

Nice ain't it!

[@amru2895]

haha...the lady asking you,..you want this Cat..?...sure not for sale😂

[@EllisWR]

Ahahah

[@freedomjustice113]

The bukit tinggi clock machine same manufacturer as the big ben clock machine..

[@EllisWR]

Interesting stuff!

[@freedomjustice113]

There are only two remaining big clock machine Brixillion made by Bernard Vortmann , big ben and bukit tinggi clock tower.

[@user-zw2hh8js3v]

อาหารอินโด น่ากินเหมือนกันนะ

[@EllisWR]

Yeah I bet!

[@novaajiadi5626]

I hope you can try famous nasi kapau...❤️👍

[@EllisWR]

We eat this everyday!!

[@maksumzaifudin5859]

Mosques in Indonesia are indeed different from mosques in other countries, for example in Malaysia. In Indonesia there is no prohibition on loudspeakers in mosques so the sound of loudspeakers in all mosques in Indonesia has a very loud sound.

[@EllisWR]

It's not really good no other Muslim country does this. They play the call to prayer at a reasonable volume then that's it peace. Here the mosque non stop blares all day...

[@nntflow7058]

Even many Foreign Muslims (from Saudi Arabia, Turkey or Pakistan) refuses to lived in residential areas near the mosque here in Jakarta. Many of them moved to Non-muslim majority suburbs in South and West Jakarta.

[@aidanross9489]

Noise pollution, and lack of civic consideration. 👎👎👎

[@EllisWR]

@@nntflow7058 That says alot. I couldn't get anything done at our hotel because was constantly stressed by the loudspeakers.

[@nntflow7058]

@@EllisWR Yeah, as far as I know, Indonesia is the only muslim country with this tpes of cultures. I haven't seen this in countries llike Malaysia, Brunei, Pakistan or Saudi Arabia.

[@aaadin7257]

Hatta was born here,Indonesian founding father

[@EllisWR]

Oo interesting

[@arfanarfan7337]

That special stuff usually made from coconut and galangal

[@EllisWR]

Thanks!!​

[@hikenzy1160]

Fun fact ellis : the clock machine in jam gadang is same with the clock machine in bigben. There are only this two machines in the world.

[@EllisWR]

Ooo cheers my friend

[@hikenzy1160]

​@@EllisWRhi ellis....could you tell me..the name of your homestay when you stayed in bukittinggi?? It look so nice...

[@EllisWR]

@@hikenzy1160 hotel platinum low budget!

[@hikenzy1160]

@@EllisWR it's name hotel platinum. Okey...thank you ellis

[@bluestarfishsea]

Mau is want in bahasa The lady said “mau dibawa” Do you want to take the cat? 😂

[@EllisWR]

Oh ahahah

[@happysmile4428]

@Ellis WR ... you have indonesian taste already, you're so lucky man, even I'm indonesian but I still didnt have chance to visit that places 👍👍👍

[@EllisWR]

I love all food! One day my friend

[@TheMan-xp4cb]

Ellis, anggur is grape

[@EllisWR]

Thanks so much

[@pannachawangkul585]

1st.

[@EllisWR]

🙏🙏🙏

[@chik8932]

Go to batam islands, bintan islands

[@EllisWR]

Maybe what for

[@amru2895]

Bukit Tinggi = High Hill

[@EllisWR]

🙏🙏

[@arfanarfan7337]

aua sarumpun mean a cognate of bamboo tree

[@aircommandslipperz]

alpukat is avocado..anggur is grape..

[@EllisWR]

Thanks so much

[@user-um1nn6fi7y]

Hello darling 💕❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@EllisWR]

❤️

[@rasseriegmail7270]

ive never had a problem just washing my hands before eating for 30 years of my life. :) never used any soap at all before eating. but as a muslim we wash our hand feet ears forehead nose and mouth 5 times a day. perhaps that helps?

[@EllisWR]

I've also never had a problem and being honest I rarely ever use soap aha so all is good.

[@elfarmy7729]

you are already quite good at eating with your hand, good job, mate

[@EllisWR]

Appreciate it 🙏

[@keangwooichoo6138]

There is a ww2 tunnel there I heard

[@EllisWR]

Yeah!

[@bluestarfishsea]

Curious, are the temps much more comfortable for walking there compared to padang?

[@EllisWR]

For us yeah definitely we didn't even have aircon and was great. Was like 17-20 degrees at night

[@EllisWR]

Middle of day still was a little hot but morning and evening super weather

[@keangwooichoo6138]

Malaysia has a place called bukit tinggi too. It is a resort village which looks like a French village at colmar.

[@EllisWR]

Is it nice?

[@keangwooichoo6138]

@@EllisWR never been there but there are some vlogs about it.

[@JayandSarah]

Does that mosque seriously go non stop? Curious guys ... what do you spend your spare time doing when you are not showing us the eating and stuff? THere's lots of down time... do you explore or spend any time chilling at your night spot?

[@EllisWR]

Yeah in Indonesia it is ridiculous non stop pretty much here anyway, other Muslim countries just the call to prayer at a normal volume but here it's odd. To be honest we do the exact same thing or just chill out at our normal hotel nothing fancy! Edit some videos or mostly plan our further trip we spend a lot of time looking at places to visit! Just relax eat local food chat rubbish to people we meet. Here though we couldn't relax on top of that hotel because was never peaceful! Appreciate your support guys 🙏

[@mooran]

I think he only exaggerating that the mosque go non stop. I got the chance to visit the city, it's mostly just call for prayer, where at the Maghrib prayer (the one at sunset) they usually play a record or something for around 15 minutes before the call for prayer, and maybe like a routinely Islamic or Quranic studies in the mosque that is usually done in the morning or at the night prayer. The exaggeration is a bit too much, like you can't be peaceful for real?

[@EllisWR]

@@mooran I wouldn't spend any longer there, my partner couldn't work atall as like I said we never had peace for longer than 30 minutes. No other Muslim country does this.

[@tengkufazlinatengkumustaph8649]

Gado gado

[@EllisWR]

What about it!?

[@arfanarfan7337]

😂 actually we can't start eat without washing our hand in that little bowl. It's kind of habitual things that we do from little kid

[@EllisWR]

It works aha!

[@TeleeFONE]

Rendang should taste good, coz a few years ago it was voted no 1 tastiest dish in the world, and I concur. Done right, it is a very tasty top-notch dish, but a good rendang is hard to find, too many mediocre ones. My fav Rendang is the ones from Indonesia and Rendang Tok which originates from Perak, bet you guys never had Rendang Tok before, you guys should try it next time in Malaysia, it is quite rare as it is cooked for 7-8 hours.

[@EllisWR]

Will try where can we eat it?

[@TeleeFONE]

@@EllisWR normally in Perak, where it originates from, it is dry type of rendang, cook with no oil and simmer for hours.

[@EllisWR]

@@TeleeFONE sounds like heaven

[@TeleeFONE]

@@EllisWR you can keep it without heating it up or in chiller and outside for 2 weeks and it won't spoil, great for traveling. Eat with bread 👍.

[@recceofficials]

Rendang Malaysia ni kurang dua rempah je, buat ia berbeza dari rendang padang. 1. Buah pala 2. Cabai jawa

[@Baby_THAI_]

I like you❤🤟✌️😙

[@EllisWR]

Your a legend

[@lisrijkschroeff8675]

Buy nice ouitfit for your partner

[@EllisWR]

Like what?!

[@roywinkley2184]

Burberry table cloth 😂 That brainwashing loud speaker is mildly amusing for a few minutes then very annoying from then on

[@EllisWR]

Yeah not very enjoyable

[@Ayah_Mia]

Remember do not let your guard down.. It's Indonesia not Malaysia aye.. Have fun mate!!

[@novaajiadi5626]

Do u think india ha🤣🤣🤣

[@Ayah_Mia]

@@novaajiadi5626 complete your sentences you plonker... Did you saw how his recent experiences in Padang.. Truth hurt unfortunately but that's the fact. They're now in Indonesia not in Malaysia..

[@user-du1sm8ib9s]

Malaysia whose independence status was revoked by England, yes?

[@Ayah_Mia]

@@user-du1sm8ib9s this ain't no history lesson you numpty... Read and do your own research.. Are you lazy much? We are here celebrating his journey across South East Asian countries whereby he had a horrible disgusting experience while in Padang..

[@EllisWR]

We've learnt that the hard way havnt we my friend