Toabli Inn Parapat

... hot springs and all is better and it's the time to head back to Brastagi and then embark upon our 4 hour trip down to Lake Toba!! The days of lying around on the internet in bed are well and truly gone I tell you!!

Back at the hostel we grab our stuff, pay up and leave in our private 'car' (it's actually an old bus)...untill I remember that I have lost me leechy trainers and we have turn back to the hostel to allow me to retrieve them!! Back on the ...

... skis. Overnight, our lovely hotel had turned into a Butlins Holiday Camp. We were most disgruntled to find the restaurant so full that we couldn’t get a table. We also couldn’t sleep due to the people partying in the next room until 3am. (We are currently in the middle of a month of no drinking and the sound of people having a good time is particularly galling when we are tucked up in bed with a book by 10pm each night!) Thankfully, by the time we ...

... spent a lot of the time relaxing, swimming and also trying to paddle the traditional hollowed out tree trunk canoe – easier said than done and after an hour we got bored of spinning around in circles and gave up! We also hired motorbikes and explored the island – Samosir is home to the Batak culture and full of traditional houses – more like barns raised of the ground with a pointy thatched roof and wooden reliefs on the end ...

... br>Se non e' per le case con il tetto strano, ne sarei piu' che convinta!

Al momento mi trovo a Samosir, un isola grande come Singapore(!) nel bel mezzo di un lago, Danau Toba.
I Batak vivono su quest'isola. Batak e' il termine usato per descivere un numero di diversi gruppi etnici nel nord dell'isola di Sumatra.
Nell'isola girano storie di come i Batak una volta erano cannibali e delle ...

... sie tym, ze prawie kazdy ma swoj wlasny cmentarz na podworku lub swoim polu. Niekiedy grobowce wygladaja bardziej okazale niz domy. Zrobione w Batak style wygladaja jak male domki. Nie zyje sie tu bogato, domy przewaznie przypominaja szopy. Za to wrazenie robia dwumetrowej srednicy anteny satelitarne zamontowane prawie przy kazdym domu. Nie ma tu telewizji naziemnej sygnal odbiera sie z satelity.
Po drodze zatrzymujemy sie przy plantacjach kakao i kawy.

Prapat, North Sumatra, Indonesia yaco

... w Berastagi, zaopatrujemy sie w wszelkiej masci i urody owoce od anansow po marakuje i snake fruity, cala siatka za 1500 IDR. Jedziemy w strone Parapat. Droga prowadzi przez tereny rolnicze. Rejon Berastagi zaopatruje cale Medan w owoce i warzywa. Gdzie nie gdzie na polach spotykamy dostojne grobowce, przypominajace swiatynie. Stawiano je na wlasnej ziemi zgodnie z wola zmarlych. Pierwszym celem wizyty jest wioska plemienia Batak o nazwie ...

... relax as there is really nothing to do but to relax, hang out with friendly locals and enjoy their hospitability ...

... fremden Spionen, nachdem man sie aufgeschlitzt und ihnen die Augen ausgestochen hatte, der Kopf abgeschlagen wurde. Anschliessend wurde der Feind dann roh von allen Dorfbewohnern verspeist; die abgenagten Gebeine wurden in den Lake Toba geworfen . Heutzutage wird der fremde Spion jedoch "Tourist" genannt, "Horas" ist ein freundlicher Gruss und zu essen gibt es nicht Falang Sushi, sondern Gado Gado, ein vegetarisches ...

... Nopee vehe se kylla oli. Kaytiin valilla kannella kattelemassa maisemia, mut mulla ainakin tuli paha olo siita. Lueskelin koko matkan. Annikalla taas maha sekasin ja kipee olo. Indonesian puolella raja tarkastuksessa ei taas menny ihan putkeen. Saatiin viisumit sielta kylla 25 US dollarilla tosi napparasti, mut meil olis pitany olla joku lippu nayttaa, etta poistutaan maasta sit 30 paivan jalkeen. Kaytiin kopissa pienessa kuulustelussa ja kyllahan se kiva seta ...

... room and jumping into the refreshing water for a morning swim and messing around! The peninsula of Tuk-tuk which is essentially where we stayed on the island is a great place to really unwind and chill out and you can easily settle here for days. Sipping on our sweet milk coffees we really got the feeling that we are living a charmed life at the moment!