Tiara Medan

Still living in Medan and not doing much but working and planning for my next adventure to Thailand, Myanmar and Cambodia in December. I did buy a new netbook though, and have been spending a lot of time with it writing stories in the garden under my thatched palm roof. <br><br>I've been inspired a lot by the people I've come to know here in Sumatra. The trials, tribulations and adventures of my Indonesian friends are unlike any a ...

... having some kind of a joke with us...but he never is!! Anyway the hostel is fine, the room is nice (although the toilet doesn't have a flush and the shower is cold) and after a glass of neat BANANA and a look at Bukit Lawang where we are headed tomorrow to spend the night in the jungle, we head into town.<br><br> <br><br>WOW is all I have to say and what everyone who saw us had to say too!! This place like nothing I have ever experienced before...<br><br>From the minute we ...

... renamed Mowgli by Dean) at the Eco Lodge to discuss the plans for the trek which was to start the following morning. We had booked a room at the nicest guesthouse in the village, the Jungle Inn, which we discovered was a 20 minute hike upriver. It was pretty hard going as we had to walk with our full backpacks uphill and it was very humid. We arrived at the guesthouse dripping with sweat, only to be told by the owner that he had given our room away! He ...

Medan would be our last stop in Indonesia as it would be from here that we would fly back to Singapore for a couple of days before heading home. We have a few pictures, but for the most part Medan is a big city with very little of tourist interest. We spent a couple ...

... our 30 days again we would have concentrated on Sumatra and not squeezed in Bali and Lombok. That said, Bali and Lombok are stunning places, as is Sumatra, and the things we missed out on just mean we have to come back and visit this amazing country again, hopefully in the very near future!<br>One good thing to come out of our time in Medan is we had lots of time to do admin and take a look at our budget; we took a look at South America ...

... or fresh-minted American money. The youth took the jamu and drank. He made a face and tossed his hair. "Wah! So strong!" The jamu lady smiled. Yes, he would have to be strong. The magic jamu can only do so much. You must meet it halfway and keep up your end of the bargain, create space for the magic to work. The jamu lady did a brisk business in the market that morning. Soon almost all her bottles were empty. She packed her things, bid goodbye to the kaki lima rockstar, and hopped ...

... miastami sa one kompletnie wyniszczone przez pory deszczowe, ktore trwaja tu od pazdziernika do kwietnia.<br><br>Celem dzisiejszego dnia jest zobaczenie ciekawszych miejsc w Medan, farmy krokodyli i dotarcie do Bukit Lawang u wejscia do parku Gunung Leuser. Prosze jeszcze wczesniej Antka o zatrzymanie sie przy kantorze. Wymieniam 200usd po kursie 9920, powino starczyc na tydzien i jeszcze troche.<br><br>Medan ma ponad dwa miliony mieszkancow, jest totalnie brzydkie, bez chodnikow ...

... that the horror regime of Pol Pot and his cronies once emptied this mad metropole of human habitation leaving it to rot in the gutter stained claws of city rats that were already growing quite fat on the rotting corpses of Number One`s blood stained rule.<br><br>Not much use trying to avoid the countless number of motorbike taxi-boys, I mean in my worn travel clothes and bulky backpack I stand out in a crowd not to mention my racial colors.<br><br>These guys are good ...

Indonesia, Sumatra, Lake Toba, Ambarita, 22-o2-2009. I leave the quiet foreigner`s enclave of Tuk Tuk and walk the 5 kilometer to the pretty village of Ambarita enjoying the typical smell of pine trees and the singing of birds. Wooden houses, chicken with cicklets idling around in the undergrowth, a few happy pigs dozing in pools of mud, kids following me asking the usual questions trying to practise their English and hoping for a free school pen ...

... pienelle tulivuorisaarelle. Samalla ostimme ystavallemme Hannulle ensi kesaksi yhden Lion Air -lennon Ambonille eli sinne Etela-Malukun kuuluisille maustesaarille. Alahan Hannu saastaa lentolipun hintaa varten! (Miljoona rupiaa ja viela neljakymmentatuhatta paalle.) Lounaaksi herkuttelimme hotellia vastapaata oikeaa Padang-ruokaa, tuota maailman nopeinta pikaruokaa, joka on levinnyt Lansi-Sumatralta paljon liikkuvan Minang-kansan mukana kaikkialle Indonesian ...