 Approaching the centre city Talang Padang
district, in the right corner of the intersection, see to strike the
plank of the indicator towards Tegi Stone Dam (Tegi = erect / stood -
Lampung language). The location that about 20 km from this intersection
is had the very wide area. When not making use of the person’s vehicle,
the visitor could use the taxi bike service from available bases to
arrive at the location. The friendly inhabitants in pekon-pekon Pulau
Panggung district around the location of the dam will enthusiastically
answer the visitor’s question of various matters about this area.
Most
inhabitants were Semendo ethnic group (South Sumatra) that resided in
this territory since beforehand. Beside the main function as PLTA and
the irrigation, as the tourist attraction, the dam / this reservoir had
the attraction of amazing scenery. The lake that was formed by the pool
of this dam water was very wide. Surrounded hills, this object was
depicted in canvas that like the magnet sucked attention of the visitor
until keep for a prolonged period to gaze for a long time. If being
lucky, various tasteless fish kinds could be bought in: baung, cork,
patin, etc; that was the arrest of the inhabitants around by the
motorboat that often leant to jeti -the quay apung- two to four times a
day. The interested person could lease their boat to just go round the
lake or fished. Although this object did not yet have adequate
facilities for tourists, but since last 2002 was visited by the
Tanggamus community and outside the area especially during the holiday
and the weekend.
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