Berastagi Cottages

... I must take another boat.”

Her eyes were filled with worry. The boy did not to ask any more questions. He was just a boy, afraid of being away from his family. She had a lot more to worry about. He rested quietly near her and her son, and soon fell into a fitful sleep, dreaming he was a fish caught in a net, unable to breathe.


The call entered his heart and sustained his soul. Like a pillar, it propped him ...

After 4 lazy days on Danau Toba it was time for a spot of volcano hiking in Berastagi.

It was in Berastagi that we realised we'd passed a very significant milestone – we were more than half way through our journey. Where has the time gone? A year sounds like such a long time and it is worrying that 6 months have already passed in what seems to be no more than a blink of an eye - it makes us more determined to enjoy the next 6 ...

... under the eaves of buildings. The jamu lady did the same. She pulled her bicycle to the side of an empty building. It was still being built and the exposed rust-red bricks were not yet plastered over. Piles of bricks stood in front, and mounds of grey dirt used to mix into cement and cover the bricks. The workers, in tattered vests and pants, were gathered, smoking. They were staring hard at something. "Pssst! Pssst!" they hissed, like snakes. The jamu lady turned to see what they ...

We had a few days in Medan chilling at Tom and Charlie's,admiring their new house - a steal at about 750pounds rent a YEAR - and discovering an awesome local Mee Ayam place.

We had a very drunken night out in a pool bar after downing the spirits Toma and Charlie brought back from a recent trip to china. Bleurgh, like paint stripper. We met some of their fellow teachers, like Adam and Andrew, who are coming with us ...

... I won't upload them all don't worry), but after that it was just climbing up and going down a hill ready for the next one!
I was glad to leave the day after....and no more trekking for a while!!

And...
No! The food is not even half as good here in Indonesia!!




Versione Italiana

Ho salutato Richard e dopo ben 7 ore di traversata in barca sono arrivata a Medan!
La mia prima impressione non e' stata delle migliori...appena ho messo piede ...

... to an hour we saw our first Orangutan. Was a big old male that was following a female through the Jungle. Or guide said that he hadn't seen this male for over a year. That could have been fibs, but was still pretty good. After this we found another smaller female orangutan the proceeded to feed it Bananas by hand. Was pretty cool. Once fed we headed off in another direction then found young male ...

Pobudka 8:00. Pogoda dobra, swieci slonce. Jest jeszcze mokro po nocnej zlewie ale powinno przeschnac. Temperatura wreszcie europejska, ok 20 stopni. Szybkie przepakowanie na trek i czas na sniadanie. Wulkan Sibayak jest wygasly, w kalderze mozna sie wykapac w goracych wodach. W hotelu serwuja tosty z jajkiem, nawet smaczne. Zjawiamy sie w lobby o 9:50, lokalny przewodnik juz czeka. Ma na imie Bamun. Zaczynamy trek ...

Wstalem o 7:00. Kucharz juz rozpalil palenisko i gotowal wode. Poczestowal mnie kawa. Dzisiejszy dzien bedzie luzniejszy. Konczy sie noclegiem w Berastagi.

Chwile po mnie wstaje Ali G i Baba. Makaki na pobliskich drzewach schodza sie juz na sniadanie. Baba na nie mowi chicken monkey. Sa na tyle sprytne i zwinne, ze chwila nieuwagi, odwrocona glowa i mozna stracic czesc sniadania. Mimo niewielkich rozmiarow sa bardziej agresywne niz ...

O godzinie 9:00 przy restauracji umowieni jestesmy na trekking. Dzisiaj spanie bedzie w namiotach w srodku jungli. Juz sie nie moge doczekac :)

Tymczasem 7:00 rano i pada deszcz :( Ale jaki deszcz.

Jestesmy po sniadaniu. American Brekfast. Tosty, srosty. Za mleko do kawy robi mleko skondensowane z palmy olejowej. Deszcz pada juz mniej, Zaczynamy sie zastanawiac nad zwiedzeniem Sulawesi po Sumatrze, od poludnia po polnoc, od Makassar po Manado. Antek ma frienda, ktory ...

Toba jai nyt sitten viimeista kertaa taakse talle reissulle ja ollaan taas Medanissa. On kylla epamiellyttava kaupunki. Haisee, hirvee meteli ja ihmiset kusettaa ja kauppaa kaikkee. Meidan majapaikka on aika lahella tota helkkarin isoa moskeijaa joten aamuyon Allahin palvelukset kuuluu kylla aika natisti huoneeseen. Ostarilla kaytiin keilaamassa aikamme ...