PADANG, West Sumatra (JP): I had been to Padang before but my memories were fuzzy. After an exhausting two night third-class voyage from Jakarta, I had spent another sleepless night in the hotel that hosted Padang's firstdisco, so by the time I boarded a morning bus to Bukittingi, I was comatose.
Padang, the capital of West Sumatra, the largest island in the Indonesianarchipelago and the fourth largest island in the world, has traditionally been a transit stop on the way to the ethereal cloud-brushed hills and emerald valleys of the Minangkabau.
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Anai's Padang cuisine in upmarket setting
JAKARTA (JP): Everybody knows that Padang food is this country's closest equivalent to fast food. Usually eaten in the ""raw"", meaning on a dusty sidewalk in the market in the middle of all the action, platters of food are stacked like pyramids in the sun before being brought out before the diner to make their selections.
Belakang Padang Island 'soothes longing hearts'
A wooden boat carries passengers from Belakang Padang Island to Batam Island. In this picture, skyscrapers in Singapore can be seen in the distance. (JP/Fadli) If not separated by an ocean, Singapore's skyscrapers could be part of Belakang Padang Island.
But due to the seven-mile expanse of water, Belakang Padang has a totally different landscape from that of Singapore: They are as different as night and day.
"We used to take a wooden boat to Singapore. No passport was required. We sold fish and they paid in dollars, not rupiah," said Wak Haji Jantan, 65, a resident of Belakang Padang, recalling his heyday as a transboundary trader.
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