Not much thing in Medan. It's just a transit dirty city before embarking to Batak land @ Lake Toba & Brastagi....where u will be mesmerized wth the beauty of another new culture diff from Indonesian (They are austranesian group compare to the larger Malayo-Polenysian) ...well they were formerly animistic before converting to Christian & currently the largest christian community in Indonesia wth population ~8million..mostly at Lake Toba area. !...One thing about this part of Indonesia..Every 1km of village road, u will see churches & chrisian grave yard!
Travelling from Medan to Parapat (1st town at the edge of Lake Toba is not near...It took me ~5hr of bus journey & another 1/2-1 hr ferry service to the opposite Samosir Island (The size of Singapore within the gigantic Lake Toba..The largest Volcanic lake in the world!)
Attractions:
1) Ambarita & Tomok ancient batak houses & courtyard + ancient graves
2) Si sipo-sipo Waterfall...probably the highest waterfall in SEA...Fanstastic view
3) Brastagi town (Ctr of Tanah Karo) &
4) Gundaling hill wth fanstatic view of the Mt Sibayak/Sinabung volcanoes
More u can google here:
http://www.adventure-travel-tales-and-tips.../lake_toba.html
http://karoguide.blogspot.com/2007/09/nort...o-brastagi.html
This post has been edited by stimix: Dec 14 2008, 01:37 PM
Travel Medan, Lake Toba, Indonesia