North Sumatra, Indonesia

Travel Blogs from North Sumatra (14)

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I know i know i apologize it's been a while ...
Jul 21, 2001

... . 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 ...

A travel blog entry by bowz
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It's Orang-Utan Time in Bukit Lawang
Jun 8, 2009

... 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 ...

A travel blog entry by myriam_123
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It's a Bumpy Road to Paradise
May 17, 2008

... 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 ...

A travel blog entry by wendyworld
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Toba's Tourist Slump
Jun 25, 2007

... 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 ...

A travel blog entry by wendyworld

Forum Discussions on North Sumatra (4)

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 ...
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.
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.
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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