Toledo Inn Samosir

Booked a flight to Banda Aceh today and leave tomorrow...<br><br>This really is a dream come true and I absolutely can not wait. Every day that I travel I feel privileged to be able to do and see so many things but the opportunity to experience, and witness before ...

... pillars, Dutch ceramic tiles and stained glass from China. Yousef also gave us a really interesting insight into the Muslim religion and readily answered all our questions. <br><br>Two nights were more than enough time in Medan and we headed to Lake Toba early the following morning. The journey, which was in a mini-van with no air-con and packed with eight people, took four hours. It was stiflingly hot, so we had to keep the windows open which let in a ...

... with them for a brochure they were putting together. Once we were all standing round they unfolded a big banner! Once the group photo was taken they wanted little group photos with us was pretty bizarre. And to add to all of that they wanted our signatures/autographs. We were basically treated like celebrities for a few mins. <br><br>Next few days we hired bicycles and biked round the island. It was bloody hilly. Went to see a few touristy things like some stone chairs that are ...

... to 10,000. Read more here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toba_catas trophe_theory These days the island of ...

The day started at 05:45 am when we packed up and left Bukit Lawang to catch an early bus to Medan and then on to Danau Toba. The bus was a rackety thing that took us three hours to get to Medan, then we had to cross Medan city to get to another bus station to sit for another 5 hours down to the Lake. It was a long day however as tired and ****** off as ...

All photos are at http://tulsatrot.travellerspoint.com From Berastagi, I rode 3 mini-vans to the port town of Parapat. From Parapat, I would jump on a ferry and leave the next morning to Tuk Tuk, a small town on Samosir Island in the middle of Lake Toba. Of note, Indonesia has an alarming rate of man made destruction of their forests and there are forest fires that are currently blanketing parts of Indonesia and well as countries east ...

... fried egg and stale prawn crackers. The next part of our evenings entertainment was back at the guest house where a young girl, Betty, played the guitar and sang Western &amp; Indonesia songs for us, she had a beautiful voice and the personality to match. The last thing we wanted to hear before going to bed though was Yan's version of Hotel Califonia shut up! In the morning we jumped on a bemo (little bus) to a waterfall close by, Yan told us ...

... Before the performance, I got to meet some of Buets musicians and I was looking forward to attend their concert at the clock tower after the cultural performance but rain hampered the plan and we had to resign our self to a cafe and have a cup of Sumatra cafe instead. The next day, I left with my guide Erick for a three day jungle trip. he explained some of the peculiarities of the Minangkabay culture, pointed out plants and animals for me to so that i could ...

Getting restless in Malaysia with the heat, the city and the people, I yearned for cool air, greenery, and small villages. I was so ready to move on even with all the good food everywhere; I never went hungry in Singapore or Malaysia and yes, I have been eating chicken everywhere. But one of my favorite foods is roti which comes in a variety of tastes but I especially like roti canai and roti telur. Finally, after waiting for over a week to handle my visa issue, I picked up my 60 day ...

... hood) for what, I don't know. When we drove off all I could get from the money man was "Osama Bin Laden, Osama Bin Laden" when I asked him if they where part of GAM the conversation ended. Jungle Jonni was right, there are militants but they are indifferent to tourists. They didn't look much like fundamentalist militants bent on ridding the world of the infidel, they looked more like angry lumberjacks collecting road tax.