So I was on Samosir Island, which is the biggest island in Lake Toba. It is so big, it is even bigger than the island of Singapore. I rented a motorbike from my hostel for IDR90,000 per day, for a straight 3-day so that I don’t have to return it at the end of each day and avoid getting charged for a late return. So the plan was to make a one full round around the island and that was…
So after more than a year break from traveling, with the last trip was to Chiang Mai in October of 2017, I decided to return to it (traveling) this year and decided to go somewhere for Chinese New Year public holiday. So when I saw that a return ticket to Lake Toba would only cost me RM225, I immediately went ‘why not?’ I was even more exhilarated when I found out that a room at Bagus Bay Homestay – which…
So, there’s this place called Padang that I went to as part of my trip to West Sumatra recently. It was more like the access point to Mount Kerinci – the highest volcano in Indonesia for which we went to West Sumatra but it wasn’t after the climb that we got to explore this beautiful coastal city. Padang is not really that big and obviously less busy compared to – say – Kuta in Bali and probably Surabaya in East…