@@raspykrapec-ny1jp I hope it is only temporarily. When we were there, everything with the water was normal. Hope they will resolve the issue.

We traveled around the city mostly by Grab app. It is very convenient and cheap. Motorcycle Grab is cheaper than cars. For example, I paid only around 55000 Rp from the center to the airport, and for the short distances just between 8000 and 15000. Cars usually are 2x more expensive.

@@journeybeyondthehorizon6270 thanks, would you say its also safe there to visit with children?

@@rash_M Yes, it is safe, not different than the other average Southeast Asian countries like Vietnam, Thailand, or Philippines. We saw families with children, but they go mostly to the Mentawai Islands because Mentawai is a funnier place for children. In Padang, mostly be careful with the traffic, and aware for pickpocketing in crowded places.

Видеото е отпреди месец. Моя грешка, че не запомних каква беше цената за асансьора, по груб спомен мисля беше около 8 лв. Иначе горе бинокълът не работеше, само ни глътна монетите :)

Yes, we also notice that. They are going to make this lake a famous tourist destination. At least hope that the imposed future entrance fees will be used to protect the lake.

@@journeybeyondthehorizon6270 All around the world generally entrance fees are used for pouring more and more concrete around nice places and building new hotels. Once the process started the nature if this place is lost. Money always wins.

No, we don't have a version without music. Actually, we like such kind of music and find it proper for travel videos. But still, the most important is if we can give some useful visual information about the places we visit. :)

You are welcome! The whole region of the Rhodopes is worth exploring.

No, but I contacted the yurt camp in Facebook. Most of the yurt camps in Kyrgyzstan have Facebook pages where you can contact them.

Yes, its beautiful in every season, with different colors in the spring and the autumn.

You're welcome!

Wish you a great time and wonderful adventures on the Mount Kerinci!

You're welcome!

That's no problem. I am foreigner (Bulgarian), and my wife is Chinese. We did it by driving- rent a car from Urumqi. I (foreigner) was the driver (I have a Chinese driving license). We traveled from Kuqa to Dushanzi. There were checkpoints in the beginning, and in the end of Duku Highway. They stopped us, checked our documents and wished us a nice trip- there was no problem. The only problem is that foreigners (in this case- your gf) will not be allowed to sleep in a hotel in the middle (Bayan Bulak), only you will be allowed. But she as a foreigner can sleep in a ger (yurt) along the road- there are several yurt resorts. In our case- we just spent the night in the car, because there was a mud slide before Bayan Bulak and we had to spend the night in the car while they repair the road. So, you are Chinese, you can drive the car without problem, and your gf can be with you.

Yes, if there are no clouds. Watching the cosmos at night is spectacular. You are at about 2500 m altitude.

Hi Ania, yes, Eden 2 can't be found on the map. We found it when we walked about 40 min on the beach from Mapaddegat village, following the coastline to the end of the bay of Mapaddegat. Eden 2 is located at the coast, exactly where the bay finish, and the coastline turns southward.

@@journeybeyondthehorizon6270 Thanks! I wrote on Facebook:)

Padang :)

Thank you, this information is useful!

You are welcome! Yes, it is a fantastic place and we had a great experience there. 🙂

I don't know. I am neutral. Currently, officially, it is called Xinjiang and it is a part of China, that's what I know. I am just a traveler. What will happen in the future, we don't know.

@@journeybeyondthehorizon6270 My goal is to make people aware of the Uighur people tragedy. No one speaks about because no one wants to upset China.

@@bouzidbastami334 I understand, but there are many things that we simply don't know. Various people have their own opinions and statements, some say one, others say the opposite. I don't know who is right and who is wrong. That's why I can say only what I have seen personally as a traveler. Everything else is- "maybe", "maybe".

@@journeybeyondthehorizon6270 There is no maybe maybe, the truth is known except for those who choose to turn blind eyes to the situation. East Turkestan was free country until 1947 when communist Mao went and invaded its territory like Tibet and inner Mongolia. Since then, ethnic cleansing against the Uighurs in the most brutal way did never stop. The iphone you carry most likely is made with parts manufactured through forced labor in those CCP camps.

Poor idiot can only make rumors on the Internet.🤣

Yes, but this is another version of the story. I have heard that there are at least three versions. Seems we don't know for sure which one is the true.

@@journeybeyondthehorizon6270 another version was a fiction written by the rebels. Siang Fei was recorded in Qing dynasty record book, Emperor Chien Lung even built a mosque for her.

Yes, it is difficult to say which version is the real history. If the emperor built a mosque for Xiang Fei, where is it today? @@paul4657

@@journeybeyondthehorizon6270 It was not a mosque, my mistake. It was a prayer place. It is inside the Beijing Palace.

I didn't know that. Thank you for your information. @@paul4657

Yes, West Sumatra is very beautiful, wish you can travel more there and beyond!

You are welcome! It was our pleasure to explore Padang and West Sumatra, its very beautiful!

Thank you 😊

Thank you! Yes, live geography is great!

Yes, that's right, and that's why we chose such type of music, to enrich the atmosphere of Bukittinggi and the other places in West Sumatra. :)

Thank you, hope you enjoy it. :)

Yes, this part of Indonesia is amazing! We were happy to explore not only Padang, but the best of West Sumatra.

You are welcome! Yes, Taklamakan is a very off-the-beaten area, far from the tourist crowds, rarely visited even by the locals. But it is an amazing place.

Yes, it brings great memories to us too. Puerto Galera is in our bucket list in the future.