"Not even a regret deciding last minutes to backpack and explore this city of Medan, at first I thought after reading reviews from trip advisor stated that it is hard to make a one day trip to cover the Parapat, Lake Toba & Berastagi, I was down after I read it, but thank God, I meet lot's of interesting people here and we made it!"
Overall of this trip, I spent around RM400 only for 3 days 2 nights trip in this place. All I can say that people here are friendly, but you must be careful and wise with your surroundings as well. People here live with a simple life and I do enjoyed my stay here so far. Reason why I pick Medan is for a getaway is since I worked so hard for month of March, so I need to reward myself. Well let me tell you what I did on this 3 days 2 nights to have a better understanding of Medan :)
DAY 1 : BOARD QZ8051 to Medan by Airasia & explore city & resting
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I was hangover when I board this plane, due to, massive party in Kuala Lumpur that night. The flight to Medan from Kuala Lumpur only took 1 hour, I used the Indonesia Airasia and service was so much better, flight attendant was super friendly, and safety demo translated into 2 languages and the cabin crew need to demo twice which is kinda cool. Reached Polonia Airport and from there I spend my time smoking and resting and I got many offers from taxi which basically I rejected. Decided to use the "beca" which reminds me like Philippines' tricycle and loving it so much. The funny thing on how I explain to the person that gonna take me is by telling the address but the person do not know, we lost in the city and spend our time searching for Sultan Homestay. Reason why I pick this hostel even though the beca rider asked me to try other hostel but I rejected his offer is because this hostel has a good review, the owner name Eri was very friendly and offer me help if I need. I fully recommend anyone what would love to come to stay here. I'm glad that Eri explained to me on Medan more & location wise, perfect and reasonable price.
I basically rejected to see the orang utan and also crocodile farm because my country had it in Borneo. Still suffered from hangover, so basically I end up going for massage and resting :) I made lot's of friends, local one and spend my time eating with them at the roadside, one of the crazy things is I ride motorbike on the Street of Medan !!! Crazy!
I basically rejected to see the orang utan and also crocodile farm because my country had it in Borneo. Still suffered from hangover, so basically I end up going for massage and resting :) I made lot's of friends, local one and spend my time eating with them at the roadside, one of the crazy things is I ride motorbike on the Street of Medan !!! Crazy!
DAY 2 : Road trip which is 12 hours in the car, 4 hours outside the car for sightseeing :)
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I spend only 25 Euro for this trip : Medan - Parapat - Lake Toba - Sipisopiso waterfall - Berastagi - Medan
Originally is 50 Euro but there is one guy from Jakarta joined this trip so it is being split.
The road was really bad to those destination and it took around 5 hours to get to Parapat from Medan. We depart at 6.30am in the morning. On the way, we made a stop to buy some famous bread "Toko Ganda" and it's famous for that! Love it. Once we reached in Parapat, we take a boat and the ride to the Lake Toba took 30 minutes, there you can do shopping for souvenirs and see Museum and the the Sultan's tomb. Later on, we took boat back to Parapat. From Parapat, we had some lunch and simple one overlooking the Lake Toba, it was a good one! Eating with the locals and spending my time with them and learning their culture.
Next from there, we drove around 1 hour plus to the Sipisopiso waterfall. Amazing waterfall ever! I decided to take the challenge to go down the hills to see the waterfall nearer and feel the water breeze and climb up again to return back, total journey 1 hour and it was tough using "Batik" to do that :) But I made it !!!
Journey is not end yet, later from there we drove up to Berastagi, it reminds me of Cameron Highlands in Malaysia. Suppose at Berastagi, you could see volcanos I mean the view but it was already 7.30pm when we reached there. So we end up having local dinner there, "Important tips when you eat the food there in Medan, especially Minang's food, they will put a lot of food on the table, just eat whatever you want otherwise they will charged you for that" :) Later after dinner, we drove up again to Medan and reach almost 11pm. I was so tired and completely collapsed on my bed :) HAHA
Originally is 50 Euro but there is one guy from Jakarta joined this trip so it is being split.
The road was really bad to those destination and it took around 5 hours to get to Parapat from Medan. We depart at 6.30am in the morning. On the way, we made a stop to buy some famous bread "Toko Ganda" and it's famous for that! Love it. Once we reached in Parapat, we take a boat and the ride to the Lake Toba took 30 minutes, there you can do shopping for souvenirs and see Museum and the the Sultan's tomb. Later on, we took boat back to Parapat. From Parapat, we had some lunch and simple one overlooking the Lake Toba, it was a good one! Eating with the locals and spending my time with them and learning their culture.
Next from there, we drove around 1 hour plus to the Sipisopiso waterfall. Amazing waterfall ever! I decided to take the challenge to go down the hills to see the waterfall nearer and feel the water breeze and climb up again to return back, total journey 1 hour and it was tough using "Batik" to do that :) But I made it !!!
Journey is not end yet, later from there we drove up to Berastagi, it reminds me of Cameron Highlands in Malaysia. Suppose at Berastagi, you could see volcanos I mean the view but it was already 7.30pm when we reached there. So we end up having local dinner there, "Important tips when you eat the food there in Medan, especially Minang's food, they will put a lot of food on the table, just eat whatever you want otherwise they will charged you for that" :) Later after dinner, we drove up again to Medan and reach almost 11pm. I was so tired and completely collapsed on my bed :) HAHA
Day 3 : It's time to leave Medan, but hold on, the Iconic Mosque? :)
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I woke up at 5am just for this mosque !!! Whenever you google on Medan, this mosque will shown :)
Thank God that my hostel is near to this mosque, just around 2 minutes walk and I managed to captured few shots of this iconic landmark in Medan. Leaving back to KL was pretty sad but then the good time always end fast but we should treasure it. Remember if you depart back from Medan to Kuala Lumpur, you need to pay 75000 Rupiah for the airport tax :)
Do not ever let other people handle your passport stamp and pay your airport tax, because everything in life is not free, you need to give them tips although that is the fastest way to cut the queue of other passengers :)
Thanks Medan! :) I had a lot of good time here with the locals :)
Thank God that my hostel is near to this mosque, just around 2 minutes walk and I managed to captured few shots of this iconic landmark in Medan. Leaving back to KL was pretty sad but then the good time always end fast but we should treasure it. Remember if you depart back from Medan to Kuala Lumpur, you need to pay 75000 Rupiah for the airport tax :)
Do not ever let other people handle your passport stamp and pay your airport tax, because everything in life is not free, you need to give them tips although that is the fastest way to cut the queue of other passengers :)
Thanks Medan! :) I had a lot of good time here with the locals :)
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