Hi! Now back to the Medan story... anyway I did mention in the previous Medan entry that we took the local tour package from here in Malaysia... The package covered EVERYTHING. From the moment we landed until the very last day when we were sent back to the airport going back to KL. All transportation, accommodation and 3 meals a day for RM540 per person for 4D3N package.Yeah we did and it was really a breeze. I found this website while googling for packages and was intrigued by the cheap packages that they offer (yeah when it comes to Mr.Mon everything must be cheap cheap cheap! Haha!) so I browsed through the website and finally took their package. I was really amazed with their service. I did call to ask some question and they have a very well equipped customer service centre. How I know this....coz I did call several times and everytime I called different person answered me everytime. And they also were very efficient in responding to my emails.
So I am recommending this company to you if you are looking for tour packages and they cover almost all of Asia and also to Maldives even. Their website is : www.cuti.my
Ok enough of me giving people free advertising....back to Medan.
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| 1st day arrive at Medan airport we rode the bus for 6 hours to this nice hotel in Parapat. This hotel is exactly by the shores of the Lake Toba with very very beautiful views of the vistas. *haha mcm over pulak description |
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| The view from my room balcony...Oooh so beautifullll. The land in front is Samosir Island. The only island (as big as Singapore) in the middle of Lake Toba. |
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| Our room... Not bad. (Boley larrrrr :P) |
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| View from hotel lobby area... Meletop! |
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| View of Lake Toba from hotel swimming pool... So beautiful. I still cry everytime I see this pic. *mode exaggerate :P |
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| The town of Parapat in the background... |
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| Early morning on 2nd day we boarded a small ferry to Samosir Island for a day trip. The ferry had 2 floors. Or deck. The lower deck is the covered one and this picture shows the upper deck with the open air viewing area. Do go up here and stay here if you plan to take the same tour. The wind was so cool that we did not even feel the sun's glare. |
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| During our day trip to Samosir Island we went to a Batak village. This is a typical Batak home. Batak people originated from Samosir Island. The encloser below are for their livestocks such as chicken, duck and oink oink! :P |
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| After Samosir Island day trip we departed for a 4 hour trip to our 2nd night accomodation at Berastagi. Medan's version of Cameron Higlands. On the way we spotted this magnificent lagoon and begged the bus driver to stop for picture taking. Hehehe. Worth it! |
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| Also stopped by this very famous Sipiso Piso Waterfall. We didn't have time to walk to the bottom to take a dip since it was an hour trekking down and up! Plus it was also getting dark. Sigh... |
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| Hahaha seriously the idea seemed really cool when I thought of it in my head! Haha! I look like someone giving birth! :P |
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| Finally we arrived at Berastagi just after dark and stopped by this fruit and vegetable market. Fruits were really fresh coming from the 'kebun's all around the area. Bought 'buah salak' which was really crunchy and sweet! Yummy! My friends bought 'buah delima' which was nice too and another friend bought the 'alaa pisang yg bulat tu'. Sedappppp! :) |
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| We finally arrived at our hotel in Berastagi...also named Danau Toba Cottage. We were then informed that it was a chain hotel that also has a more grandeur branch in Medan. *pls ignore my friend who's searching for the hotel's wifi. Hav to check in lorrrr baru sampai kannn... :P |
Recommended Tour Agency : www.cuti.my
