Saturday, March 31, 2012

Cingkuak Island


Vacation Star | Cingkuak Island | Cingkuak Island, with an area of ​​4.5 hectares, dealing with Batu Kereta Island, located in Carocok Painan Beach region.

Cubadak Island


Vacation Star | Cubadak Island | Cubadak island located in Mandeh region with an area of ​​705 hectares and known by the name Pincuran Talu.

Carocok Beach


Vacation Star | Carocok Beach | Carocok beach is located in IV Jurai district with Distance 77 KM from Padang. This region is faced with two islands,

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Root Bridge


Vacation Star | Root Bridge | Root Bridge is located in the Pulut-pulut village, north Bayang district. This attraction is 24 Km from Painan and 65 Km from Padang.

Saturday, March 17, 2012

Ransoem Warehouse Museum



Vacation Star | Ransoem Warehouse Museum | Ransoem Warehouse Museum in Sawahlunto, West Sumatra, which was inaugurated on December 17, 2005 is housed in a former kitchen of coal mine workers and patient of the public hospital Sawahlunto that when it numbered in the thousands. Ransoem Warehouse Museum was built in 1918 with an area of ​​2300 m2. 

Saturday, March 10, 2012

Nurul Islam Great Mosque



Vacation Star | Nurul Islam Great Mosque | In 1894 was built the power plant in Kubang Sirakuak to mobilize the various machines to accelerate the process of mining and coal transporting. After a replacement of power plant was built in 1924 in Salak,

Saturday, March 3, 2012

PT. Bukit Asam Office


Vacation Star | PT. Bukit Asam Office | Built in 1916 under the name "Ombilin Meinen" which serves as the mining office. And now, still used as a mining office PT. Bukit Asam.

Friday, March 2, 2012

Building Of Cooperative Ombilin


Vacation Star | Building Of Cooperative Ombilin | The building was built in 1920 under the name "Ons Belang Cooperative ' that serves as Cooperative,  a place to fulfill the needs of the people of Europe and the indo-european. This building also serves as a dormitory and BEKA office (Badan Ekonomi Kota Arang, in english called Economic Agency of Arang City). Now, this building became a store, cooperative and a photocopy services occupy this place

Ombilin Guest House

Vacation Star | Ombilin Guest House | The building was built in 1918 under the name Hotel Ombilin. Have experienced changes in the year 1945-1949 as a function of residence Dutch army. And in the 1970s serves as a Military Police, Sawahlunto. Now the building is named Ombilin Guest House that serves as an inn to the guests who come to Sawahlunto.

Train Museum Sawahlunto


Vacation Star | Train Museum Sawahlunto | Construction of Railway from Padang to Sawahlunto started on July 6, 1889. Construction of railways aims to facilitate transportation of coal transportation from Sawahlunto to Emmahaven Port (Teluk Bayur), Padang.

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Pek Sin Kek House



Vacation Star | Pek Sin Kek House | Pek Sin Kek is an Chinese ethnic. He came and settled in Sawahlunto since the early 20th century.

Theater Sawahlunto


Vacation Star | Theater Sawahlunto | This building was once the Theater of comedy and entertainment. Founded in 1917 and was once used as the Tax Office and Pawn Shops, and then used as a museum and is now used again as a pawnbroker's office Sawahlunto

Mbah Soero Hole


Vacation Star | Mbah Soero Hole | Mbah Soero Hole is a tunnel under the ground or under the township residents who have long hallways. The hallway begins from Tanah Lapang village, Lembah Segar sub-district to the office of parliament. This mean that the hallway of Mbah Soero Hole up to 1.5 km with a slope close to 20 degrees. Mbah Soero Hole is the starting point for open pit mining in the town of Sawahlunto. The opening of Mbah Soero Hole conducted since 1891 while the construction is carried out in 1898. Not much different from other mining areas, in Mbah Soero Hole also employed the prisoners, known as 'the chain'.