Polonia Airport, 12:30 pm. I'm sitting in a café upstairs, having a Bintang to quell my nerves at flying. I have about an hour to wait for my plane to Bali, where I will spend a week's holiday relaxing and experiencing more of Indonesia's cultural diversity. But no matter how often I fly, my nerves get fired up. Especially now since I have a fre...

gretest view from brastagi.. we can see many things, mountain, hill and any more

Langkawi Ferry Services from Penang to Medan's Belawan Port. RM150 6 hours. Medan, another big grotty Indonesian city of over 2 million.

Panama Red Panama Red, Panama Red He'll steal your woman then he'll rob your head Panama Red, Panama Red On his white horse Mescalito He come breezin' through the town I'll bet your woman's up in bed with Panama Red By The Grateful Dead SUMATRA By 9 am of the third day at sea we had reached Belawan the port of Medan, the home of Batak people and...

Reluctantly we left Lake Toba and decided to make our way to Berstagi which is a town surrounded by 2 volcanoes! Our modes of transport throughout the day proved to be adventuresome and never boring - the first we literally must have passively smoked about 20 cigarettes each and I got covered with some foul smelling white liquid that was pouring...

Selamat siang from Indonesia, an unexpected addition to our trip! As we said in the last entry, we were getting a bit bored of bronzing the bodies (or not in Guys case - his words not mine) in Thailand, and we noticed that Sumatra (a big island in Indonesia) wasn't too far away so we decided to give it a try. When we booked our flights back in E...

Don't bother... Being a tourist in these parts makes you some thing of a celebrity. Every 5 meters someone will shout "Hello friend" or "Hello Mr." If you stop anywhere (even to eat) there will be someone trying valiantly to strike up a conversation. Which usually turns out a mess considering the only form of communication we have in common is s...

After finishing my study in Senior High School in Pematang Siantar, I continued my study to university I Choose University of Sumatera Utara palce in Medan, Cavital City of Sumatera Utara Province, I Choose Mchanical Enggineering Medan is good city with many kind people

I left Singapore yesterday, quite happy to put it behind me for three weeks. The bus trip to the airport was painfully slow and I was starting to panic a bit, having visions of rushing through customs with a few minutes to go. However I needn't have worried. On arrival I found the flight had been delayed by an hour. It was a comfortable flight -...