West Sumatra 2009 – Introduction

Welcome to the first article in a series of stories of a kayaking adventure I will be undertaking shortly to the Solok Selatan regency of West Sumatra. West Sumatra is a province of Indonesia and lies on the western coast of Sumatra, which is right in the middle. Its capital is the coastal city called Padang and this is exactly where I’ll be landing on the evening of the 14 November at 20:40 local time. From here an exciting adventure follows.