24/09/16 Today was pamper day. We headed to Centre Point mall, went up to the top floor bargained and then got a mani pedi. It was pretty sweet for less than 150,000rp each, sat in a massage chair and was taken care of. I then went to get my hair washed and blow dried round … Continue reading Indonesia – Medan
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Indonesia – Bukit Lawang
23/09/16 After deciding the evening before not to go ahead and book any tour because they were too expensive, we had a quick look online and saw that the Orangutan feeding was closed, but weren't sure if it were still the case now. I can tell you now that it is closed, most probably forever, … Continue reading Indonesia – Bukit Lawang
Indonesia – Berastagi to Bukit Lawang
22/09/16 Had the journey from hell today... We decide to go straight to Bukit Lawang from Berastagi, which is a four hour car journey, and set off at 11am in hope to arrive around 3pm. Following google maps, we got so far towards Medan and then we were taken onto country roads, which are full … Continue reading Indonesia – Berastagi to Bukit Lawang
Indonesia – Berastagi, hiking mt Sibayak
21/09/16 Today we climbed up Sidayak, known to be a relatively easy hike. Even with warnings of getting lost and dying in the junge we decided to take the walk by ourselves. I was looking forward to it as I hadn't walked much for a while. To get there from the main street we took … Continue reading Indonesia – Berastagi, hiking mt Sibayak
Indonesia – Pulau Samosir and heading to Berastagi
20/09/16 Waking up early we headed North to try and catch the Batak dancing in the Batak Museum Simanindo at 10.30am. As we were leavin Tuk Tuk we came across a market, and then a large tomb with some statues on top, right across from the tomb were the stone chairs. The stone chairs are … Continue reading Indonesia – Pulau Samosir and heading to Berastagi
Indonesia – Heading to Lake Toba
19/09/16 Got up early and ate some char kway teo for breakfast, got some bananas and mangosteen, packed our stuff and got straight onto the road. It took us one hour to arrive at Siantar which is an incredibly crazy town filled with local buses like the ones in barbados, customised and unsafe driving. Here … Continue reading Indonesia – Heading to Lake Toba
Indonesia – Pispis White Water Rafting
18/09/16 We woke up early as we decided to go rafting for the day, we had breakfast at a local mie restaurant and then headed off. It took around 1 hour to drive there from Tebing Tinggi, and we passed many villages and palm oil plantations. Once at the rafting place, we got lost a … Continue reading Indonesia – Pispis White Water Rafting
Indonesia – Tebing Tinggi
17/09/16 We set of early morning to Tebing Tinggi, for breakfast we found a guy selling rojak so I got a huge mixed bag of fresh fruit. We then drove out of Medan, it was a super long journey and the traffic is just crazy here. We passed all these big red signs for Tahu … Continue reading Indonesia – Tebing Tinggi
Indonesia – Belitung to Medan
16/09/16 We arrived in Medan via Jakarta from Belitung, no dramas this time and the standard delayed flight in Jakarta. We had arranged for a driver to pick us up and take us to Medan from the airport which took around 1 hour or so. There was so much traffic, which is usual for here … Continue reading Indonesia – Belitung to Medan
Indonesia – Belitung, exploring the East
15/09/16 For our last day in Belitung we hired a car to explore the East coast of Belitung, we had been told it's very nice there so thought it was worth checking out. We hired the car from our hotel for 250,000rp, no insurance or driver's license needed ha. They just handed over the key … Continue reading Indonesia – Belitung, exploring the East
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