Penang, Malaysia to Medan, Indonesia - Air Asia, 1 hour
Medan to Parapat, Lake Toba - Share Taxi, using Toyata Innova, local name it Kijang.5 hours drive, that taxi company is doing delivery as well, and he turn to few places before our destination at Parapat, and luckily we manage to arrive before last ferry depart at 6pm.... Before depart, we purchase return ticket, and having our dinner, fried rice is most secured order to meet our expectation, our have lunch in taxi, with some cookies that brought from Penang.
Parapat to Tuk Tuk, Somasir Island - Ferry, we book our stay at Samosir cottage, they can drop you at place that you stay, just need to tell when you pay for ticket fee...
Tuk Tuk is where all tourist found all the accommodation, all the hotel is located at the lake side, and they have their own mini jetty for ferry to drop passenger.
After arriving at Samosir Cottage, relaxing at restaurant with a cup of banana hot milk, completed our long day with transportation on sky, land and lake....
Day 2:
Having our free breakfast at cottage, fried rice again... after that we get a map from counter, and rent a bike to start our day...
We pass by Ambarita, suppose to look for stone chair, but we didn't see it from any road sign, so we keep moving...
Simanindo
First attraction to visit here is Museum of the Batak People.
One good thing about driving motorbike is not moving so fast, experiencing country life, paddy field and i can stop or turn to any place i want.... Samosir Island is an island inside Toba Lake... and about the size of Singapore island...
Gift of god that every place is a scenic view as long as you see it...
Panguruan
Administrative center of the Samosir Island, we arrive here at 11am... so we have our lunch at one the stall here... after a long hour drive with bike... Nasi Goreng again...
Hot spring
Here there are several private swimming pools, we walk up to the hill, to see the source of the hot spring....
Tele
After a long drive on no man, windy hill road at the valley, we arrive to peak of hill, where there is a tower, we climb up to the tower, for panoramic views of Lake Toba and Samosir Island.... Entrance fee is required... Scene here remind me on the scene from Port Ligar....
Leaving Tele, we are short of petrol... luckily we still manage driving back to Panguruan, go to the only Petrol station on island... other than this station, you still can find people selling that along the road side, in a small bottle... Is another few hours drive again, experiencing serious numb on our leg, butt and sun burnt...we drive to finish whole tank of petrol... not sure how many litter...
Along the way, we stop by Vegan cafe for a break... enjoy home made ice cream...
Ambarita
We pass by Ambarita again, and this time we ask people and we found Stone Chairs, where King Held Conferences and beheaded criminals. There is a lot souvenir stall beside the place with stone chairs... Only 2 place with market selling souvenir and here is one of that...
We go back to Tuk Tuk on evening, yet to sunset... so we drive to another side of Tuk Tuk, and stop by a restaurant, and having our dinner there... Satay, BBQ fish, and fried rice again...
[This part of Indonesia Travelling]
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