Bukit means a hill and lawang means door. bukit lawang is called that because its the “door” to one of sumatra’s biggest national parks.

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In the boat from Malakka to Dumai I was almost the only foreigner. there was also another girl but that was it.
There is nothing really to see in Dumai so I took a microbus to bukittingi (took something like 16 hour)

bukit tinggi wasn’t very interesting to me. yes there was a dutch fortress and some nice scenery, a zoo which I wouldn’t visit (cause who wants to support animal suffering)

bukit tinggi is also not the cheapest city, I had to pay $7.5 for a room on the roof in a hotel with bathroom outside, normal rooms would be 10$ or more.
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