Sungailandia and Maninjau Lake

In the Agam regency in Matur subdistrict there is a small region called Sungailandia,there are 2 small hamlets surrounded by mountains and rice fields,they are like a magic land of fairie tales,a magical places taken out from a dream;there is around 26 kilometers and  40 minutes drive through the Ngarai Sianok canyon from the hill city of Bukittinggi to Sungailandia;here I post a few pictures of the cited areas

This a view from Sungailandia from a hillside Shop and small cafe

Another picture from the same hilldise cafe stall and shop

Cinammon storage,cinammon is one of the main growings in Sungailandia after  rice and sugar cane plantations

Rice drying ouside a village house of a farmer

An old Miangkabau lady from th ehamlet of Ranah,she do not know how old she was but I think could well be in her nineties

Inside a house of a villager where my friend Ilham stayed during his 6 months internship in sungailandia,he is a student of agrobusiness in the Andalas University from Padang;he is original from Gayo Highlands in Aceh in the center of the Gunung Leuser National Park

School children after school coming back home in the hamlet of Ranah

One of the few streets in Ranah

Another Minang woman of Ranah hamlet

http://www.facebook.com/ranah.minang.9026

We will be heading now to Maninjau lake
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Maninjau

Maninjau lake is a big volcano caldera lake just halve an dhour drive from Sungailandia
On the drive down to the lake we drive through 44 hair rising bends with astonishing views

This is a view from one of the bends driving down to the lake

On the shores of the lake

A typical Minangkabau house