Tabo Cottages Samosir

... again and we pass several buffalo strolling along the roadside pulling carts with supplies in before stopping at a waterfall at the top of Lake Toba. Here we are met by the screams of several young girls who can't believe we are here and are dying for photos and facebook addresses etc etc!!

Onwards to the lake and we have missed the last ferry so find a little place to stay after agreeing cheapo price and a mattress on the floor too!!

Night night

... It is busy, noisy and polluted with traffic fumes. The morning after our arrival, we went for a walk around the city and found that it is no place for pedestrians. The pavements (when there are any) have huge holes in them, the traffic lights no longer work and there are so many cars and motorbikes that it is virtually impossible to cross the roads safely. Thankfully, our room was at the back of the hotel away from the main road and was windowless (there ...

... very lazy. Our days pretty much consisted of reading books, playing guitar and learning new songs, sunbathing, diving into the lake and playing with the two gorgeous puppies! Everyday i had fruit salad and yoghurt for breakfast brought to me by the smiling Leila. The guesthouse was run totally by women, which is pretty rare, and there was a really good happy atmosphere which helped keep us there (as well as the cheap vodka ...

... are also famous for wood carving and Paul spent an afternoon with a local craftsman & they carved a little statue. It was all done with a saw, a hammer and a very sharp knife, there were no vices so you held the wood in your hands (and feet) and without safety equipment I was surprised that Paul didn’t loose a finger or two! After and hour or two Paul had made a big piece of wood in to a slightly smaller piece of wood and then the ...

... good lake. The landscape there was stunning, we got the boat over from the main land and went by a load of hotels before we stopped at ours. The hotel had its own diving board and slide that went into the lake. So was a pretty good first impression. Room had wicked views and all of that for only 2 and a bit pound a night. First night we were there a local music show was put on. Was pretty good, and of course at some point in these things it involves people being plucked from the audience to ...

... cos zjesc. Antek wczoraj polecal restauracje Tabo. Idziemy ja zobaczyc. Miejsce bardzo ladne, wlasciciel to niemiec/niemka wiec wszystko wysprzatane i na swoim miejscu. Dostajemu menu, okazuje sie ze na miejscu pieka wlasny chleb. Pora obiadu, wiec nie sprobowalismy. Moze i dobrze? To co dostalismy nie zachwycilo. Dobry byl tylko gotowany ryz i ..... zupa pomidorowa. Reszty nie polecamy, soki z mnostwem wody, ociekajace tluszczem palmowym frytki (nigdy wiecej frytek w ...

... ktos probuje cos sprzedac, mlodzi chlopcy spiewaja Batak song, ludzie ze soba dyskutuja, Po wyladowaniu ruszamy w strone miejscowosci Tuk- Tuk. Dojezdzamy do Carolina Cottage. Tutaj spedzimy najblizsze dwie noce. Carolina Cottage jest polozona nad samym jeziorem, bungalowy przypominaja z zewnatrz domy Batakow. Jest 16-ta. Reszte dnia mamy wolne. Idziemy do hotelowej restauracji cos przekasic, ale polecenia w Lonely Planet okazuja sie zmylka ...

... Tuk Tuk but Chris and I rented a couple of Batak houses about 2 km away from Tuk Tuk where theras just two ...