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Lake Toba
... Restaurants. Es geht alles überaus langsam zu und her hier. Die Bevölkerung, welche zum Stamm der stolzen Bataks gehören, lieben das Musizieren und die Herren gesellen sich gerne zu ihren Freunden in den lokalen Batak Beizen wo sie literweise Palmwein trinken. Gestern wurden wir von unserem Bootsführer eingeladen eine Batak Beiz irgendwo in den Bergen aufzusuchen. Es war ein gemütlicher Abend auf der ...
Ramadan
... that. Still we were grateful for the unexpected twist in our tour and the chance to look around a 200 year old traditional village and so we bought a few drinks before setting off on our way, a couple of minutes in the same direction...and right back on the road we'd originally met the guy. Forget crossing the island, it was time to cut our losses and go around the outside once more...it is pretty beautiful after all.
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Sumatra (the relaxing part) by Abi aged 22 3/4
... nervously approaching the guys! We needn't have worried! We had our first scooter lessons from a dude with super long dreadlocks, and despite our shaky starts and his obvious concern, we were off! I LOVE riding a scooter! We were pretty slow and we wore helmets but it was so much fun! :D Well it was fun for me! Whilst Amy has been going on and on for weeks about how amazing motorbikes are and I've been confused about her obsession, as soon as we got to ride them ourselves ...
Batak Land
... in particular, the blood, heart, palms and soles of the feet were seen as rich in life-soul). And, with striking similarities to the Toraja of Sulewasi, death is treated in an almost cult-like fashion. It is thought that when the life-soul vanishes the death-soul continues to exist and lives near their previous dwelling. Bad dreams, and misfortune may be signs that the ancestor is not satisfied with the behavior of its descendants. Any individual can attempt to pacify ...
Lake Toba & The Great Motorbike Adventure
... drive shy of Lake Toba, although we had heard several more worrying forecasts. Amazingly we still had enough time for a quick breakfast before the bus set off again. Reassured by the bus conductor that he would let us know when we arrived at Lake Toba we settled back down into the journey, anxious to get there. 3 Hours passed and we were finally ushered off the bus at a small bus stop. More communication ensued the upshot of which was that the bus that we had paid for ...
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