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YEAR: 2005

Jan
- Robyn's Primary One!

Feb
- Dining @ The Old Parliament House

Mar
- Tree Top Walk

Apr
- Bintan Retreat

May

Jun
- Creative Juice Camp
- West Sumatra Trip 1/4
- West Sumatra Trip 2/4
- West Sumatra Trip 3/4
- West Sumatra Trip 4/4

Jul
- Fun at Botanic Gardens

Aug
- Birth of Baby Skye Yong

Sep

Oct
- Robyn's 7th Birthday

Nov
- Geylang Serai Shop Closes
- New Shop & West Coast

Dec
- X'mas at Tanjung Sutera

>> 2006

Jun 2005 (6 yr 8 mth) - page 5

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-23 Jun 05 - Harau Valley
	From Lake Maninjau, we travelled to Harau Valley. Our guide was Jack of Bagoes Cafe at Lake Maninjau. He helped book us into Echo Homestay, the only hotel available at Harau Valley. We learnt that there are wild tigers at Harau Valley. That got our tigress Robyn excited because her roar is fiercer than any tiger!

The gorges runs for kilometres

Set against the high gorge cliffs, the Echo Homestay blends nicely into the tough yet beautiful natural setting.

The lodgings at Echo Homestay were really beautifully designed and situated. We fell in love with the place immediately.

The restaurant hangs out of a cliff with a fantastic view of the canyon valley. We spent many hours sitting there dining and enjoying the view.

A lodge in Echo Homestay

Jin and Alvin

Jin and Robyn appreciating the majestic canyon

Alvin trying his hands on a climbing route

We learnt that there were many rock climbing routes set on the cliff walls so we went in search of them.

We found many bolted routes and my, they are definitely routes with severe diffculty levels! Indonesian climbers are good and daring.

Guide Conti, Jack's friend, showed us some waterfalls. They are really high falls and the water just sprayed downward like a huge shower. As it was dry season, the water volume wasn't fantastic. We could imagine the power of the falls when rainy season arrives...
	Cold mountain water for a refreshing leg dip.

Guide Jack

Guide Jack of Bagoes Cafe, Maninjau.

The base of the waterfall at Harau Valley

Notice how tiny Jin and Robyn were in contrast with the place?

Baby fern tree - looked like an alien furry chick from afar... really weird!

23 Jun
We left Harau Valley at 7.30am direct for Padang to catch our flight home.

It'd been a most memorable outdoor adventure in West Sumatra. We experienced mountains, lake, gorges, forest, waterfalls and a most wonderful people of Minangkabau.

We'll be back...

Harau Valley

Jun 2005 (6 yr 8 mth) - page 5