horas (how do you do in Indonesian/Batak language)
so, you read the title. with strong urge by Ben10 and friends, I documented the journey, sebab kitorang pun banyak menge"search" jugak. so, i think our journey is worth shared as we do it all by ourself (i.e. lodging, transport, detail ittenary, etc.) kata pun Planner kan. haha.lagipun, boleh dapat pahala iye dok? even madam mama jeles. you wait aa mama, along nak celen mama nye traveled list nih. hoho.
I would say this is an adhoc trip. beli tix 2weeks before (rasanya semua trip aku adhoc -_-") (nina, u better sayang kitorang lebey), tukar duit hours before. thus, plan pun xbape proper. biasa, siap ngan weather forecast, masa sembahyang siap. hoho
Location: Medan - Berastagi - Taman Simalem (the scene is soo breathtaking) - Parapat - Samosir Island -Parapat - Sipiso-piso waterfall - Medan
Duration: 3 days 3 nights
Route : there are 2 routes to lake toba, one via berastagi another via permatang siantar. the siantar road much better condition, but however the berastagi much scenical and more local friendly therefore much worse condition.lolx
Budget (exclusive airfare): RM1150 (both me & Ben10)
GMT+9
Day 1
- Reach Polonia Airport at 9.40pm local time. stay at MyDream Hotel (4 stars, located kat tengah bandar). ongkos nya Rp 575k (RM180~) for two rooms.
- Before that inside the flight mcm biasa u have to isi Indonesian Custom punyer form, no worries just isi.
- By the time u landed, and enter the building mcm biasa jugak kene hadap with immigration. Dekat sini the Indonesian Immigration will take ur pix, if u wearing glass have to, take it off.
- By the time u exit the building, I notice lots of Proton Saga BLM taxi and from afar you can see Petronas station.ha ha ha the ambient there pretty much like Malaysia
-at that moment jugak u will see a group of supir/taxi driver, I guess the standard rate from polonia airport to medan is Rs70k (RM21), because last time we kene charge around that price.
-one more thing, dekat airport tu jugak you can change indonesian currency i found that its much cheaper than compare to change the moolah in Malaysia
Day 2 (the roadtrip begin)
- Had our breakfast at Nasi Soto Hj Anuar Sulaiman (ala2 nasi sup). got chance to drink the so-famous tehbotol.hoho jakun.
- In the morning our supir by medan rent a car pick us up, the funny thing is that, we made appointment at 8 am in the morning, we wait till 9 am then the supir come. the supir then told us he come juz in time which is 8 am, we forgot Medan time is 1 hour late than malaysia.lolx
-Mental notes here, first please gave ur car rent agent at least ur hp number (available roaming) and most of the time ur supir can pick u up at the airport one day earlier for free. Too late for us, but you guys next time can make such arrangement.:)
- transport by MEDAN Rent A Car (USD200 or Rp 1,700k or Rm450 for 3 days, inclusive fuel, driver lodging and meal). drove by Pak Rijal yall
- along the way, nampak ler the buses, more like mini van, dengan takde pintu and orang, motor, whatnot kat atas. agak ngeri la jugak. initial plan, nak naik bus or train. budget bagpack abes la kan.nasib baik tak
- along the way u can delicious jagung bakar at Penatapan. ben10 da mengidam nak makan jagung bakar sebijik camtuh. mana nak carik weh (kalah orang pregnant husband aku nih -_-"). the jagung bakar taste unique if kat malaysia most of the time manis, but here spicy n sweet.
- singgah berastagi. macam elongated Cameron Highland with less meriah kedai. if tak banyak masa, you may skip this and go to Bukit Lawang or Pantai Cermin instead. kitorang tak sempat wuu
- singgah makan wajik & pecal kat Bahagia Restoran. gedik mengorder jus alpukat. hambek, tak tertelan.hoho
- Taman Simalem (entrance Rp 200k. was given Rp 25k meal voucher). can see the overview of Lake Toba. the scenery is breathtaking. we were literally stunt, asyik tenung the scenery before camwhoring like no tomorrow.hoho
- makan lagi kat Kodon-kodon cafe. the fried fritter is maveles yall
- erm, ok, kita ada singgah mana2 tak sebelum sampai Parapat? lupa.haha
- angkut kete from Parapat - Samosir island (Rp 200k, 1 hour journey on ferry). the schedule (as i recall la eh): start at 6 am, 1pm, 6pm, 9 pm. we were waiting turn for the 9pm one!!!
- sampai2 Samosir island da malam. check-in Samosir Cottage (Rp 500k for two rooms). maveles architecture with poor service. advice, bawak la portable iron, toiletries whatnot sendiri. they only provide the necessities.
- lapar, and Samosir island rumah makan is not muslim friendly. menapak lah kitorang ke kedai depan beli megi cup. lapar sume pun sodap. hoho
Day 3
- bangun awal budget nak tengok sunrise. sekali salah side lak.
- camwhore2 lagi, siap ada orang tuh almost mandi air Danau Toba.hoho
- initial plan: Simanindo (Batak Museum, Batak Dance) - Ambarita (Stone chair) - Tomok (jetty). skali change of plan, sebab Sunday (oh, lupa, most of Samosir Batak people is Christian. sepanjang jalan penuh dengan church), so the Batak dance held on 11.45 am, instead of 10.00am.
- kill time, camwhore2 lagi (thats explain nape sorang2 bersalin kulit once balik malaysia)
- join the Batak dance, budget dapat la Ulos (their kain-pua-look-a-like). sekali dorang amek balik. cit, sesaje je menge"burnt"kan muka
- instead of going to catch ferry kat tomok, kitorang pegi jetty dekat2 simanindo nih je
- kill time dengan camwhoring lagi
- another Rp200k to transport the mobil
- next destination is Sipiso-piso waterfall. glamer sebab 1) nampak punca mata air (tiba2 air keluar dari batu) 2) tinggi and nampak macam pisau
- perasan tak kitorang tak makan lagi, kitorang melantak kat rumah makan muslim yadayada (tak ingat haha).melantak like no tomorrow. mizz nina & yours truly siap order additional bakso. hoho
- kalau nak mandi, kena turun tangga for more/less 1km. memang takla, halfway je kitorang turun for the sake for camwhoring (again!)
- reach Grand Sakura Hotel (3star, ~Rp550k). ingat nak berspa, sekali tutup untuk menghormati puasa. bagus la tu
- dinner ayam penyet yadayada. cabe ijo is maveles. tapau nasi goreng for sahur
Day 4
- mizz nina kejut sahur around 3.00am, then sambung tido. hoho
-pasar ikan tuk borong telekung & souvenir
-istana maimon
-hantar mizz nina & pza to airport, almost kena mintak duit kopi.pfft
-taman buaya
-bukak puasa at garuda
-kena kopi at the airport
Day 5
-diarrhea pfft
Journey highlight:
- convertion used throughout the entry: Rp10 000 = RM3.50
- if you keep whining about your life, go to the listed location and be glad. even their Pajak (pekan kecil as in Indonesian) takde sekolah and air paip kot. that Pajak takdelah rural sangat pon, sama/lagi meriah dari Cameron Highland. even Cameron Highland ada sekolah kan
- tukar duit kat indonesia is way cheaper (i.e. 0.03508 at Jalan Tar, 0.0288 at Polonia Airport)
- rasuah sangat pfftpfftpfft.
Scene 1: nak anta geng A balik Malaysia. pak kastam tuh siap mintak duit suapan untuk bukak puasa (?) kalau kitorang nak anta sampai depan boarding gate. memang tak la kan
Scene 2: check-in bag, tak pasal2 ben10 kena panggil sebab bawa perfume (padahal bag lagi satu tuh penuh ngan mineral water lupa nak clear). panggil2 rupanya nak duit suapan. guess what, the same officer mintak suapan time anta geng A tadi kot
so, malaysia nak jadi camtu, silakan
- sebab budget, souvenir beli cukup2 for family members & friends. even the famous telekung pun tak beli
- souvenir tuk diri sendiri: sunburnt, diarrhea, muntah, foodpoisoning (aku sorang je yang kena -_-"), breakouts sebesar gajah (Ben10 kata aku pollution indicator -_-"), fever. balik2 terus MC
- hoyeah, Medan, thanks for the memory!!
- next travelogue, let see, ben10 & i kena memenuhi invitation orang selatan, yours truly's Annual Leave da tahap critical.tinggal 4 hari, cuti raya tak ambek lagi hoihoi
-u guess it, ben10 publish-proof this entry thus the soo-technical content.weee
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