LAKE TOBA CNY 2013

Breaking dawn over Lake Toba - view from hotel room

1. Horas (Welcome) from the Batak People.  

2. Goggle satellite picture of Lake Toba and Samosir Island.                 

3. Wood carving of Batak people.  

4. Part of Parapat town as seen from the town jetty.

1&2.  ML and cousins from Melbourne.
3.  Group photo at the village square.

1. Our Batak tour guide.  

2. Batak village on Samosir Island.  

3&4. Some colorful flowers seen at the jetty of the Samosir Island.  

5. The 500 year old Royal tomb.

  

1. Shaft of sunlight lighting up the hill behind the stalls.  

2. 120m high Sipisopiso waterfall at the Northern end of Lake Toba.                          

3.  Northern end of Lake Toba.  

4. Rainbow peeping out from behind the dark clouds.

Panoramic view of water fall and Lake Toba

1.  Palace of the Batak King and his 14 wives.

2.  Birthday celebration at the hotel.

3.  Kuan Yin temple near Medan.

Panoramic view of the Sinabung Hills Resort and its vast garden in Berastagi.

The beautiful flowers grown in the garden at the Resort.

The flowers, fruits and vegetable market in Berastagi.

1.  Berastagi persimmons
2.  Avocado
3.  Mango?
4.  Puppies for sale in the market.

Hot spring at the foot hill of Gunung Sibayak a volcano that is still active.

simon   feb 2013

simon   feb 2013