Day 2, From Sikuai Island To Bukittinggi
In the morning, I took Raya for a walk to see the other side of the island. But, we didn’t get too far. I was afraid she would get tired. I got information from the hotel staff that we could walk around the island for 45 minutes through the footpath. It was a very long walk for a 5 year old girl (even for me). Actually, we could rent a bike, but I decided to use our time to play at the beach again. So, I rented a snorkel stuff for Rp 50.000,- and jumped to the sea.
Arin and I snorkeled in turns, because we rented only one (economical reason :)). I could see colorful fishes, yellow, white, blue, striped, and many. It was my first experience to snorkel. It was exciting. We didn't have to go too far to snorkel because the reefs were only 2-3 meters away from the beach.
Before I went out from the water, I insisted Raya to try to snorkel.
Before we left the island, we took some photos, with us in them of course. We took the same boat to go back to the land, but the wave was friendly this time. It only took 40 minutes.
After we picked Tita up at Pangeran Beach Hotel, we went straight to Bukittinggi. We stopped at Sate Mak Syukur. The sate was mak nyus... (yum yum). We also stopped at Koto Baru to taste 'bika'. People said that it is like 'wingko' (a traditional cake from Java). But, I like wingko more because it is sweeter and match to my Javanese tongue. They both are made of grated coconut, glutinous rice, and sugar. The special thing about ‘bika’ is the cooking process. Each of them is baked inside a clay pot using firewood.
We had a short stop at Lembah Anai.
Since Tita wanted to buy an embroidery table cloth, we stopped at Pandai Sikek. We looked at several pieces of cloths, mukenas (praying stuff for female), and table cloths. At last, Tita only bought a piece of cloth and I bought… 2 pieces of cloths and 2 mukenas!!! One mukena was for my mother; still it was an impulsive shoppingL.
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