Indonesia is neighbor of Malaysia... Travelling there is good that we can speck Malay, although is not totally same... And the low ticket price even we want to book ticket at last minutes.
Link below as places visited at Indonesia for references.
Bali: Ubud > Pura Ayun
Bali: Beratan Lake > Tanah Lot > Bebek > Spa
Bali: Kintamani > Pura Tirta Empul > Tegallala > Ibu Oka
Bali: Sukawati > Kuta
Bali: Kuta
Bali: GWK, Uluwatu, Blue Point
Lake Toba: Somasir Cottage, Tomok
Lake Toba: Samosir Island, Tuk Tuk, Ambarita, Panguruan
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Showing posts with label Indonesia. Show all posts
Friday, 28 October 2011
Lake Toba, Samosir Cottage, Tomok
3rd day at Lake Toba, I wake up at 6am to witness dusky view... just a step out from my room, i can see this from lake side and slowly setup my tripod...
No more fried rice, this morning we have English breakfast... and coffee... we just realize that hotel didn't offer free breakfast to everyone... maybe we got special offer during booking...
We drive to Tomok, morning market for local people, and jetty for ferry from Parapat.... a lot stall selling souvenir, but we didn't buy any... we stop by here... no idea what place is this... but this building attracted me...
We continue drive to Tanjungan, another scenic route, is not that far compared to yesterday... We stop at here for a scenery view...
After this, we realize that should be end of our check point for this trip... before noon, so we turn back to Ambaritta again... go to Stone chair again, buy some drink and food from convenient stall, and having our local lunch.
A lot of corn field here....
That guy is monitoring paddy field, make noise when birds approaching.... i feel that paddy field here is very alive, cause of how farmer here take care the field...
We go back to Samosir cottage, having our easy day, enjoy the sound from lake, reading, sleep...
A lot of fish... i try to put my leg in, and they come to me... like a free natural fish spa...
So why don't i jump in...
View from my room... while reading...
My room...
Lake side, where we lay down to count star... and shooting star...
Free pool for us to practice... and ping pong beside this room...
Before returning our bike, we drive around Tuk Tuk, go to others hotel, and stay that mentioned in others blog. All the stay here really have their own beach... just the matter of how they decorate it...
What to eat at Lake Toba, yes, we always eat fried rice, BBQ or grilled fish is also not bad... and also recommending fruit juice, fresh and worth....
On 4th day morning, we check out from Samosir cottage, leaving this peaceful place, with transportation of ferry, car and airplane...
Come to their police station for urusan... come' on!! time is tickling... then i see this banner,
"Kami memang belum sempurna, tapi kami selalu berusaha" What do you think?
At the end, we arrive airport, that lady arrive at the time flight take off... hopefully that flight get delayed... poor girl... Luckily i still manage to catch my flight, but not able to go shopping... so grab some souvenir food at airport and hand gift...
[This part of Indonesia Travelling]
Monday, 24 October 2011
Lake Toba, Samosir Island, Tuk Tuk, Ambarita, Panguruan
Day 1:
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...
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.
Motorbike
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...
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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