BERPETUALANG KE ACEH: Kampar and Siak rivers along with some rivers outside of Malaysia

Some sort of follow up from the recently finished storytelling on Sumatera travel...

Its been my practice over many years that after finishing a series of stories on a significant travel I would compile all related articles made in this blogspot along with those made in the Malay language blogspot CATATAN SI MERAH SILU and bilingual SENI LAMA MELAYU (MALAY OLDEN ART) . By significant I mean travels that take time, normally 5 days or more each. A compilation article for each travel would be formed to be featured in my main blogspot CATATAN. A copy would be shared in this blogspot with English translation.

Since last year I've grown tired of making compilation copies here. Recently I've just finished the storytelling on my travel in the middle part of Sumatera 25th January - 1 February 2017 and a compilation article has been made for CATATAN. That series feature a number of articles showing the Kampar and Siak rivers from different place and angles, articles which are displayed in this blogspot to support the main storytelling in CATATAN. Those two rivers are among the main rivers in Sumatera and today I've decided to form a compilation of links for articles on the rivers.

This should show my attention to the rivers besides forming additions to links featured under a permanent section called "Fascination with rivers" on the right sidebar of this blogspot. Here goes. As usual links are arranged to show upstream parts going downstream...

Kampar river

First proper look at Danau Koto Panjang

Danau Koto Panjang from the edge down the lakeside restaurant

Danau Koto Panjang from a lakeside restaurant

Danau Koto Panjang from thew bridge crossing it

Moving on to Bangkinang

Kampar river from the bridge at Bangkinang

Pedestrian look at the bridges crossing Kampar river at Bangkinang

Kampar river from a village in old Pelalawan

Kampar river from Pelalawan kingdom centre.

Siak river

Siak river from the bridge off Siak town

Siak river from Syahabuddin mosque

Siak river from Siak town

Siak river at Buantan

Siak river from Kolam Hijau

For the record "Fascination with rivers" features views from different places and angles of 33 rivers around Peninsular Malaysia. The sub-section on foreign rivers or those outside of Malaysia features only 3 rivers so far - The Aceh river in Aceh along with Brunei and Belait rivers in Brunei. Even then it has not been updated since the section was introduced many years ago. Here, while I'm at it I feel like adding more links on the Aceh river based on later visits and those on other foreign rivers visited but yet to be featured.

Aceh river

Morning walk to Peunayong

The muddy area near the mouth of Aceh river

Babalan river (In Langkat, south-east of Aceh)

The river Babalan at Pengkalan Brandan

Riau river (Island of Bentan)

The scenic rivers at Hulu Riau

And the following 3 rivers are from my visit to West Kalimantan on Borneo island middle of 2015...

Kapuas river

Going to Mungguk

Hanging bridge over river Banyuke

Crossing Landak river at Mungguk