Saulina Resort Samosir
Aek Rangat, Pangururan Samosir, Sumatra, Indonesia
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A Batak island par excellence!
... sits high in Sumatra’s volcanic peak district. At its centre is Pulau Samosir: an island nearly as big as Singapore, but beautifully created out of a volcanic eruption that happened between 75,000 and 30,000 years ago. Unlike Singapore, this very tranquil, peaceful island has a great deal more wild land and a small population of Batak people (a previously cannibalistic community until 1816!).
The Bataks, descendants from northern Thailand and ...
Elephants in a tropical paradise
... managed to get thro’ many mud baths with huge dips and really big stones, but there were so many stoney areas that we ended up with a flat tyre! Thankfully, we happened to be just outside a village when it happened, so we didn’t have far to walk!
The two and a half hour journey was arduous, putting it mildly, but what really took the biscuit was when we ran out of petrol!! I’d given the guy a pretty big wedge the ...
Lake Toba, Samosir eiland
... kunnen we niet echt vinden. Ze zijn hier niet echt van de goede reclame voor bezienswaardigheden. Wel zien we de gewonen huisjes met ook allemaal zo’n Batakstijl. Het eiland is mooi, maar we hadden er allebij meer van verwacht. Terug bij het hotel laat Jantine zich voor nog geen 10 eur o 1,5u maseren, heerlijk! We besluiten om de volgende dag te vertrekken richting Aceh, de noord-westelijkste staat van Sumatra waar de Sharia is ...
Bumpy ride to a bloody big lake!
... you could blame us for having missed it. An Esso it was not, a row of barrels and a dirty funnel was what it was.
The "garage" was run by a lady and her son and the lady quickly approached us, greeting me with a smile and Lou with a smack on the **** and a pinch of her hips, laughing and smiling over at the officers, presumably sizing her up for breeding with any of the buck-toothed locals. Pointing at the bike and back at the barrels got ...
Mopeds and Sunburn
... work.
18/7/2011
Today is spent recovering from the bone shaking journey yesterday, small walks to explore and some good food. After some discussion it is decided that we will rent motorbikes for the following day to drive around the island and maybe stop at the hot springs we have heard about.
19/7/2011
Motorbike day! Mum hasn't been on a motorbike since she was a teenager (a while then) and Atik has not ridden one for a few years. So, with ...
