Tomohon - Minahasa - Sulawesi - Indonesia

On the wooden bench at the back of the pickup truck, I went back from Batu Putih to Girian, where I made a stop of about 2 hours. It took that long for the bus to finally fill up, as usual, the bus does not leave until then. And just before it was finally about to leave, we all had to change buses, they decided to go with another bus. The destination was Tondano and from there another 20 minutes with the minibus / shared taxi. And then I was finally in Tomohon.

The place was located at a higher altitude in the mountains, which you immediately noticed by the climate, it was not so oppressively hot up here.

The next day, I set out to explore the area. My first destination led me to the Lokon Crater. Which I reached after 90 minutes of climbing and walking up through a dry riverbed, very sweaty. When I finally stood at the edge of the crater and looked in, it was dizzying. Now I enjoyed the great view of the surrounding area.

Then I climbed down again and treated myself to a good lunch, which consisted of rice and grilled pork skewers.

Afterwards, I hiked to the Kuta Waterfall, 5 km away. On the way, Alfredo gave me a ride on his scooter for a while. He happened to be driving by, we started talking and I jumped on. However, after 1.5 km it was over and I walked the last 2 km, as the road here was so terrible that I could hardly walk on it. Finally at the waterfall, I couldn't swim there as planned, but it was enough to stand at the back opposite the waterfall. There you were showered so much that you were completely wet within 30 seconds. What a cooling down !!!

Now I made my way back to Tomohon, what a trip....

First I had to take a shared taxi to Manado and from there go up the 20 km into the mountains again. And again with the bus, which of course did not leave until it was full.

The next morning, I had an extensive breakfast on the rooftop terrace of the hotel (great view), then I walked once again to the nearby "Extreme" market, where besides pig, chicken, and fish, there is also dog, cat, rat, bat, and snake on offer.

In the afternoon, off to the airport and a short pleasant flight to Gorontalo. From where the next day my journey to the Togian Islands began with the ferry.