Monday, 6 Jul 2009 | Views [547] | Video
Out of the hotel early and straight onto the bus! Two hours
later I was somewhere in the large city of Medan. The coolness of the
Karo Highlands had been replaced by the heat of the lowlands and no
matter how nice (?) the street comer was I needed ... Read more >
Friday, 3 Jul 2009 | Views [399] | Video
After spending a week in Tuk Tuk on the island of Samosir it was time
to move on. Despite the fact that I never got to fly here I really did
enjoy my time. The 1st bus I was on left from Tomok 5kms away
and I was getting a lift there but I didn’t ... Read more >
Saturday, 27 Jun 2009 | Views [544] | Video
After spending 1.5 million on Batik paintings, Jake from Café Bagoes
said he would drive me to the bus depot in Bukittinggi. Following lunch
(I had fried buffalo jerky and rice…nice!) he dropped me of at 4pm.
Three hours later the bus finally turned ... Read more >
Sunday, 14 Jun 2009 | Views [542] | Video
I arrived at Lake Maninjau on a Sunday. For 3 days it rained! My
day was spent thus: wake up and walk to café bagoes at around 10am.
Sit, read, eat and then leave at around 10pm. Lazy days and lounging
nights. I was averaging around 3 books a day.... Read more >
Saturday, 13 Jun 2009 | Views [389]
The ferry from Melaka left on time and within two hour it was
halfway across the straits of Malacca. As it approached the Indonesian
island of Sumatra the once blue sky turned hazy and slightly brown. (At
this time of year forest fires “happen” ... Read more >
