City of Medan

Best travel reports from City of Medan

Coolies and capitalists in Medan

I arrived in Medan, the largest city in Sumatra, at the end of May. Others only use it as a stopover. I stayed and experienced Medan's fascinating history.

Arrived

After 21 hours of travel, we have arrived at our first hotel. We need to get used to the heat here and catch up on some sleep. We are in a hotel near the airport before the...

Medan

Off to Sumatra! Our supposedly short one-hour flight from KL turned out to be a day-long journey - first, it was delayed (luckily we noticed it just before we were about to leave...