Advantages: Nice seafood Disadvantages: Not very nice sceneries, not much nightlfe and shopping
...not be many nice exotic beaches but if you would like a first hand experience on the life and culture in a small, oldtime village like those mentioned in history books, this would be a nice place to visit.
The people are warm and friendly, and the seafood is cheap, fresh and delicious. I had a delicious seafood lunch at the Kuai Lok Hian restaurant on the island and the food was fantastic. A great place to visit for those who enjoys seafood.
However, i must say that most of the locals do not speak fluent english as it is not their mother's tongue. Most of them speak their own dialects.
Most people would make a day visit to Pulau Ketam to taste the wonderful crabs, prawns and fish. Now we know where the island got its name from! =)...
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Advantages: Close and convenient from Jakarta Disadvantages: Expensive!
...There aren't many cities that can boast such beautiful tropical islands so close to their ports. Pulau Seribu is Indonesian for Thousands Islands (yes, as in the dressing) and although that's a bit of an exaggeration, there are over a hundred of them. The drawback is that most are owned by the Jakarta elite and hence aren't open to the public. Those that are are owned by hotels, who generally will only sell you a package, including ferry, food and everything bar snorkel hire on the island. They're very expensive, especially by Indonesian standards, but if you can afford it well worth the trip. Accommodation on the one I went to was fairly primitive, especially for the price, but it was bliss to be able to escape the city and stay somewhere so clean and quiet. All we did was swim, snorkel, eat and lie about in the sun and it was magic....
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Advantages: Beautiful place, friendly people Disadvantages: Take 3-4 hours from Medan
...Lake toba is one of the biggest lake in Sumatra island and in Indonesia, too. Lake Toba is about 285 km from Medan City, a capital of North Sumatra. Lake Toba is about 100 km long and about 30 km wide. Lake Toba is also called Parapat by a people of North Sumatra.
From Jakarta, we needed a trip about 2.5 hours by plane, whereas from Medan to reach the lake Toba we needed 3-4 hours trip by car.
To go to location of lake, we drive a car or a bus from Medan through an area of hill and It take about 3-4 hours until we arrive to lake Toba. .
In a middle of lake, there is an island called Samosir island. To reach a samosir, we might use boat and there is also bigger ship which transports cars and busses sailing to Samosir. A cost to sail to Samosir is only Rp 25.000.
When we are in Medan, we feel so hot, not like on Toba, cause in Toba we...
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