Chilling at Tuktuk at Lake Toba

Before we head back to India we decided to have 4 days at Lake Toba to relax a bit. We found a very nice hotel called Tabo Cottages at Samosir Island which was perfect for our purpose.
Chilling is relative as I did 2 long swims in the pool, we did a 13km round walk to Huta Siallagan and we explored the village of Tuktuk. But it was nice to sit on our balcony to watch the heavy rain in the afternoon or at night.
Of course this was also the time to celebrate Junita’s birthday. We went to Roy’s pub in the evening and before the live music did start we did hear loads of cover songs from Martin Miller. Will never forget that name. Live music was good. Old songs of our youth. Mainly local crowd. No dance.
Lake Toba is an enormous crater lake with an island almost the size of Singapore in its center. The lake is about 100 kilometres long, 30 kilometres wide, and up to 505 metres deep. It is the largest lake in Indonesia and the largest volcanic lake in the world.
Huta Siallagan is a village which was made by Batak people from the Siallagan clan who was later led by King Siallagan. There were rows of traditional Batak houses or Bolon houses.Read more