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October 15, 2018
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Day 1
Monday, October 15, 2018 at 6:00 AM
⛅ 27 °C
Altitude: 5 m
Indonesia Soekarno–Hatta International Airport -6.127528, 106.6537066°7’39” S 106°39’13” E
Killing time at the airport
October 15, 2018 in Indonesia ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Traditionally, ou school organizes fieldtrips for all grade during the week before the autumn holidays. Grade 12 usually goes to Sumatra to see the Orang Utans. Unfortunately we learned only upon arriving at the airport and checking in that our flight had been reschuduled and that we were at the airport 3 hours too early... which also meant that we'd arrive three hours later. So we had to kill the time...Read more
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Day 1
Monday, October 15, 2018 at 3:00 PM
⛅ 30 °C
Altitude: 14 m
Indonesia Bohorok Orangutan Center 3.595196, 98.6722233°35’43” N 98°40’20” E
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Medan
October 15, 2018 in Indonesia ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Upon our arrival at Medan airport we met our guide Denis. We then got onto the bus and went as fast as we could safely go to Bukit Lawang. Unfortunately, the weather was getting worse and worse - the rain would not stop, so we had to wait for a long time before we were actually able to start trecking. It still continued to rain heavily and so we only trecked for about 90 minutes to a camp in the jungle where we would pend the night. It was quite adenturous though, since it was pitch dark and only few of us had flash lights and we had to cross the river several times. We all enjoyed this treck, as it was something quite special.Read more
Traveler One of the remaining colonial buildings in Medan - the post office
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Traveler A chinese temple
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Day 2
Tuesday, October 16, 2018 at 8:00 AM
Altitude: 187 m
Indonesia Pondok Atas 3.555262, 98.144783°33’19” N 98°8’41” E
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Bukit Lawang
October 16, 2018 in Indonesia
The next morning we woke up at 6, had breakfast by the river and then hiked back to Bukit Lawang where our bus was waiting. Since we lost a lot of time on the way due to never ending selfie taking (mainly by the guys...), we did not have time for another hike around the mountains where we might have seen orang utans. So unfortunately we never saw any. However we did encouter a large group of a smaller kind of monkey towards the end of the hike which was quite stunning.Read more
Traveler The students' shelter in the morning
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Traveler Breakfast by the river
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Traveler The night before the river was much higher than this
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Day 2
Tuesday, October 16, 2018
Altitude: 187 m
Indonesia Pondok Atas 3.555262, 98.144783°33’19” N 98°8’41” E
Rafting
October 16, 2018 in Indonesia
Once back on the bus it took us about two hours to get to the starting point of our rafting trip. It took about 3 hours and for most of us, it was probably the highlight of the trip.
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Day 3
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 at 10:00 AM
⛅ 25 °C
Altitude: 14 m
Indonesia Bohorok Orangutan Center 3.595196, 98.6722233°35’43” N 98°40’20” E
On the road from Medan to Lake Toba
October 17, 2018 in Indonesia ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
On our way from Medan to Lake Toba we first stopped at a Replica of the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar, which was built by the small Buddhist minority of Sumatra.
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Day 3
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 at 12:00 PM
Altitude: 271 m
Indonesia Sibaganding 3.049408, 99.0665073°2’58” N 99°3’59” E
Stopping on the way to Lake Toba
October 17, 2018 in Indonesia
We made several stops on the way to the Lake, e.g. at a local fruit market and at a village
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Day 3
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 at 2:00 PM
Altitude: 1,191 m
Indonesia Tigapanah 3.074365, 98.5172433°4’28” N 98°31’2” E
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Picture stops
October 17, 2018 in Indonesia
Further along the road, we stopped at a traditional village where we were allowed to look into one of the houses which is still shared by several families. We later had lunch and the students took every possibility to do some picture posing :-)Read more
Traveler Up to 8 families live in this house...
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Traveler Women wearing the traditional clothing of the region for a funeral.
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Day 4
Thursday, October 18, 2018 at 10:00 AM
Altitude: 1,210 m
Indonesia Simarin Dolok 2.673597, 98.8220612°40’25” N 98°49’19” E
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Cruising Lake Toba
October 18, 2018 in Indonesia
After many hours on the bus we finally arrived at Lake Toba. We took a boat across to our hotel on the peninsula. The place itself was really nice as you'll be able to see in one of the next entries. On the day of arrival the weather was really poor but the day we did the day trip on the boat we were lucky - the sun was shining and it was warm, which made the boat trip a very pleasant experience.Read more
Traveler C’est beau!
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Day 4
Thursday, October 18, 2018 at 12:00 PM
Altitude: 1,210 m
Indonesia Simarin Dolok 2.673597, 98.8220612°40’25” N 98°49’19” E
Traditional Batak Dance
October 18, 2018 in Indonesia
On our boat trip around Pulau Samosir we stopped in various places to learn about the traditions of the Batak people - a tribe living in the area of Lake Toba. The first thing we saw was a traditional Batak dance in front of some traditional houses. The students and other visitors joined the dance at the end.Read more
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Day 4
Thursday, October 18, 2018 at 2:00 PM
Altitude: 925 m
Indonesia Binanga Galung Nabolon 2.679098, 98.8363152°40’45” N 98°50’11” E
Visiting a traditional Batak Village
October 18, 2018 in Indonesia
On Pulau Samosir you still find a lot of old houses built in the traditional Batak style. The traditional court, which we also visited, is not used any more - fortunately, since it was a very bloddy business ;-) By the way, the Batak people are Christians, so there are alo a lot of churches to be found in the area.Read more
TravelerDiese schönen Häuser erinnern mich an meine verstorbene Erdkundelehrerin, die uns im Unterricht Ende der 70er Jahre Dias über Indonesien gezeigt hat. Ihr Traum war es, nach Indonesien zu ziehen. Sie liebte dieses Land und die Menschen dort.
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TravelerSchade nur, dass sie dieses hässliche Wellblech als Dachabdeckung benutzen
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Day 4
Thursday, October 18, 2018 at 3:00 PM
Altitude: 937 m
Indonesia Binanga Tomok 2.651227, 98.8605852°39’4” N 98°51’38” E
Visiting a traditional Batak graveyard
October 18, 2018 in Indonesia
We also got to see a traditional graveyard and our guide explained to us the rituals around the funerals.
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Day 4
Thursday, October 18, 2018 at 4:00 PM
Altitude: 937 m
Indonesia Binanga Tomok 2.651227, 98.8605852°39’4” N 98°51’38” E
Local Life on Lake Toba
October 18, 2018 in Indonesia
Just some random impressions of local life.
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Day 4
Thursday, October 18, 2018 at 5:00 PM
Altitude: 908 m
Indonesia Joring 2.607346, 98.6967652°36’26” N 98°41’48” E
Relaxing at our hotel
October 18, 2018 in Indonesia
Our hotel was quite nice once the sun was shining. We were lucky to have some hours to ourselves to relax before we had to head back the next day.
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Day 5
Friday, October 19, 2018
Altitude: 58 m
Indonesia Pasarbaru 3.196196, 99.1436963°11’46” N 99°8’37” E
The way back to Medan
October 19, 2018 in Indonesia
On our last day, we got up very early and took the ferry back to the main land and then got back onto our bus. We stopped at a caoutchouc plantation, where our guide explained to us how the caoutchouc is collected. We also stopped at an oleh oleh store - of course - and bought enough sweets to feed everyone's family for a month. Then our bus broke down and we had to take local mini busses to the restaurant where we had lunch. Fortunately we had left so early otherwise getting to the airport on time might have been a problem. At least this way we experienced another adventure ;-).Read more
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Trip end
October 19, 2018