Details on a 10-day solo ride around West Sumatra on a rental Yamaha Nmax starting/ending in Padang. Highly recommended travel in a little-explored part of South-east Asia.

May 5-7 2025 | Section 1 of my West Sumatra tour. After a short stay in Padang, I headed to Bukittinggi via Lake Minanjau. I arrived at Padang on Scoot Airlines, a 60-minute flight from Singapore. The views from above were excellent, especially of the many perfectly round small islands just offshore. I applied for a visa at the airport, caught a Grab car to the Ibis Hotel, then a Grab bike to Rental Motor Padang_Auto to collect an Nmax. They are 10 minutes from the Ibis, l