Hours* Sumatra 👋

02/03/19

We still have some time, so we decided to spend the final part of our journey in Sumatra, Indonesia. We know that traveling in Sumatra can be difficult, but we want to give it a try.

We will take a boat from Melaka, Malaysia to Dumai, Central Sumatra....followed by a 14-hour night bus ride with disco music heading north (448km). The time difference here is only 6 hours compared to Germany.

At Lake Toba, we will take a small ferry to Tuk Tuk on Pulau Samosir....There, a typical Batak house will be our home for the next few days.

In Pulau Samosir, we plan to relax, enjoy the Batak culture, hike, and take a motorbike ride 🛵

In the evening, we will have spontaneous music sessions at Kiki's restaurant with David and Paul 🥁🎸🎹.

*this is the welcome and farewell greeting of the Tobabatak. The Batak are one of the many ethnic tribes in Indonesia. Out of approximately 10 million Batak people, around 3 million of them live in North Sumatra, including around Lake Toba....Pulau Samosir is approximately the size of Berlin.