Travel Blog Photos from North Sumatra (45)
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... . In the middle of the lake sits an island about the size of Singapore (read: pretty big) with some of Indonesia's cheapest accomodation. The main attraction to Lake Toba is, unbelievably enough, the lake, resplendent with it's beautiful scenery and ...
... being nice. The bus ride from Lake Toba was a rough and sweaty one that started to make me understand why the Lonely Planet calls Sumatra a "rough ride". But I made it, and right away I liked it a lot. It really does feel like the jungle. I just realised ...
... with only a vague idea how to get here because it is so tiny, a gem of a place hidden in the mountains on the North Sumatra and Aceh border, tucked between two wide, meandering rivers-the Buluh on one side, which feeds into the Batang Serangan on the other ...
... come here. Several people I spoke with said it's because the Muslims are giving the country a bad reputation. Indonesia is about 85 percent Muslim, 10 percent Christian and five percent Buddhist and Hindu. The majority of people here ...
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Adventuring Trip
Posted on Feb 21, 2008, 06:13:44
... in the jungles looking for orangutans, tubing down the various rivers, attending traditional weddings, riding elephants in Tangkahan in north Sumatra a 2 hr motor bike ride from the famous Bukit Lawang. Bukit Lawang was destroyed in 2003 after a massive ...
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Tangkahan NorthSumatra
Posted on Jul 8, 2009, 04:54:04
... night I was checking out You Tube and found this new video just released on Tangkahan- the jungle paradise 2 hrs from Bukit Lawang in North Sumatra. One of the highlights of the area are the 7 elephants and you see plenty of them on the video. Pamela.
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Bali/Indonesia Safety?
Posted on Nov 15, 2007, 04:16:10
... fantastic trip where I LIVED MY DREAM EVERY SINGLE DAY for 5.5 months. Hell it is hard to be back in Australia working my bum off when this time last year I was in Lake Toba North Sumatra. Photos can be found at www.webshots.com/user/ppamela2006 Pamela.
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Bali/Indonesia Safety?
Posted on Sep 20, 2007, 04:20:52
... fantastic trip where I LIVED MY DREAM EVERY SINGLE DAY for 5.5 months. Hell it is hard to be back in Australia working my bum off when this time last year I was in Lake Toba North Sumatra. Photos can be found at www.webshots.com/user/ppamela2006 Pamela.
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