Monday, August 26, 2013

Settling in on the Beautiful island of Samosir Lake Toba Sumatra

Some Facts to Share ~ See Medan? and then Lake Toba? So that is what we traveled the other day those 5 hours by taxi/van.

Lake Toba and Samosir Island

Now on the island of Samosir there is a peninsula with a little place called Tuk Tuk (small) 

And it sticks out - 

See Tuk Tuk? There on the bottom?
The ferry brought us very close to the Horas Family Home where we are at! It very short distance to walk from the little pier to Horas Family Home.

This little town called Tuk Tuk is a mere 1.5 hrs to walk...but the complete island - 9 hours they say! 
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Wow ...so much to share...where do I start?

Friday ~ 
On the first morning we awoke the three of us and sat on the balcony just taking in our surrounding...Wow!
Berend came upstairs to us and sat down to tell us all the things about what we can do and what was available ~ so helpful...and he is quite a character with a dry sense of humor!  He comes from Ijsselmeer area of Holland and is a Hydrologist Engineer specializing in Iraq/Saudi Arabia in his past and now retired here in a tropical paradise!
 Our kitchenette was so cute and has all the basic's we need!

 A nice size bed ~
 Then there two other two single beds and also the Loft for 2 people to sleep in right above.  That is where Rebecca stayed for the night.  The steps up were strong and stable! She took a chuckle climbing up it! We did hand her a flashlight - just to be safe!

 Everything on the property is so clean and tidy...with pots and pots of flowers,veggie gardens and plants and a orchid collection ...that Mian grows!
 Here is a side view of our upstairs unit....


                                 

                                  Cute huh...right on the steps ~
Just look at this orchid...a deep purple! 

We enjoy just sitting on the our balcony...morning & evening...lovely! 




"Broertje" is happy Cecile...can you tell?

...... He is in his beloved Indonesia now! he' he'!






Yes and Ellen too is happy...settling into a place to be able to cook and relax...and Blog again! Such a cute view from upstairs ~

We decided the three of us to go for a walk and see where Toledo Inn was where Rebecca would be staying...so we strolled along...seeing some sights on the way.
A rice field


These are called "trumpets" the lady of the house said...pretty - 'peachie' color!

This is certainly an old & original Batak house made of wood....and people still live in it!

A cute blossomed flower - not familiar to me.

If this isn't a cute Indonesian sight - I don't know what is!  Darling huh? And yes they have TV too...and smart phones!

This gal along the road was fixing fried banana's and it was so good!

A little bay...

Some girls we passed wanted so much our pictures taken...well of course we will!  Say "Cheese!"
Cute sweet huh?

Rebecca saw a pretty spot to take a picture of us!
Wow...such color...and we are happy-campers! 
What a cute sight huh - the roofs overlooking the pennisula down below where we are staying~

Rebecca, Nick & I decided to rest and eat ~ 

Nasi Goreng (fried rice with some veggies) and a fried egg of course!
Also shrimp chips Krupuk ~


Look at those RED seeds in the palm tree...bright Red!

We came to Toledo ~ The conference hall & hotel is a lovely place for this weeks conference...oh Rebecca how nice...and then to have it all paid for too...Wow!

On the way back to our place we came across some other worthy pictures - those are very BIG bottles! 







We ordered some dishes Gado Gado with tempeh and peanut sauce ...

Delicious!
 
Well if you need any shots...this doctor will take care of you!

We walked back to the bungalow and Rebecca received a ride by scooter to her hotel and we went out to dinner with Teun & Ria and had a lovely evening...eating smoked & BBQ'd Talapia fish & chips with salad too and a really enjoyable time....
 new friends from Amsterdam! They just both recently retired and were so enjoying their time traveling too! 









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