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Adventures in North Sumatra

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March 22nd 2011
I spent my first day on Lake Toba wandering around, doing washing, enjoying fresh air and flopping about. The ferry takes you to Tuk tuk, the ‘tourist village’ where all the accommodation is. It feels like it might be the deserted version of Kuta only in lake Toba. The next day I caught a public bus to Pangururan on the other side of the island and walked to the hot springs. As I was walking t ... read more

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The Dutch began to colonize Indonesia in the early 17th century; the islands were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. Indonesia declared its independence after Japan's surrender, but it required four years of intermittent negotiations, recurring hos... ... read more