Kebun Raya Samosir, Indonesia

Today we crossed Samosir island in the middle by motorbike. So we cruised from on shore through mountains, forest and the plateau to the other shore. It was a very nice ride since it is a wonderful landscape and the people are so friendly and welcoming. They grow a lot of eucalyptus in parts of the forest and in between you can find huge tree ferns. On the plateau you can find farmers and a lot of water buffaloes 🐃 - you can find more about water buffaloes 🐃 in another entry.
It was round about noon when we met a lot of children coming from school and in the beginning I did not know what they were up to. They walked along the road and when they saw us, they held the hand up in the air 🤚🏽. I thought: this is a weird way of waving 👋🏽... but then I understood: they wanted to give me 5 🤚🏽. So I spend the next quarter of an hour driving by children and giving 5 to all children in Samosir 🤪. Rainer was a bit annoyed I must admit 😇.
We also passed an area which is called „Kebun Raya Samosir“ which is planned as a conservation area. Translated it means „Samosir Botanical Garden“ and the area is about 100 ha big. Since it is in planning there is not much to see yet, the collected plants will display endemic pine species, collections of medicinal plants, natural dyes, fruit and wood producers. Until now the Samosir Botanical Garden has built a management office, nursery, embung, environmental road.
So we went across Samosir and back and when we arrived back at the shore, we still had a lot of daylight left over 😁 so we went along the shore direction east but I will write about that in another entry...Read more