Toledo Inn Samosir
Jalan Tuk Tuk Samosir, Sumatra, Indonesia
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A Batak island par excellence!
... Samuel popped up and sorted me out a direct bus to Medan on Saturday morning and confirmed my accommodation on the island, before taking me to a restaurant, where I bought a fresh fish dinner in a cold, open eatery. We returned to the guesthouse after I refused his offer of hearing him play the guitar and sing!!!
Wednesday 14th December 2011 – Samosir, Danau Toba
A very large blue lake (1,700 sq kms - the largest in South East ...
Elephants in a tropical paradise
... comes immediately to mind!), I was simply happy to see what was going on here, so a member of the guesthouse family agreed to take me on a motorbike to see the place. What I hadn’t banked on, was the atrocious, treacherous roads we’d have to negotiate!
Diabolical roads were something I’d got used to in Myanmar, but the ones necessary to navigate to get from Bukit Lawang to Tangkahan were simply something ...
Lake Toba, Samosir eiland
... hebben. Hier scoren we een lekker vers brood om onderweg op te peuzelen. We gaan nog even langs de medics voor Rob en komen buiten met een antibioticakuurtje en nog wat andere pillen. We cruisen met de scooter het eiland Samosir over met een topsnelheid van zo’n 70 km/u, best geinig maar toch nog geen motor ;) Onderweg maken we nog een tussenstop om te schuilen voor de regen. De echte traditionele oude huisjes die we gehoopt hadden ...
Bumpy ride to a bloody big lake!
... water town where the locals inevitably end up trying to eat the main characters, then you might find it easier to imagine the delightful Tele.
We first pulled up next to a couple of uniformed police (safe enough you'd think but they're invariably in on any future murders) and after they laughed frighteningly at us as we tried to explain what we were after we were pointed across the road (it's only a one street town) to the petrol station. I ...
Mopeds and Sunburn
... wifi, he books two rooms turns around and is greeted by the dutch family we did the jungle trek with. By now Grey is trying to get transport for luggage and the rest of the group who are 2km up the dark road, the hotel are not having much luck finding a vehicle. At this point Bob who it turns out is the Dutch families guide pulls into reception in a very nice people carrier, phew! So, with Bob following back Grey returns with rooms booked and a friendly face to drive group and bags ...


