If you want to make the climb, make sure you bring along plenty of drinking water. The climb itself takes about 5 hours, just make sure that you do not leave the trail, it is easy to get lost. Do the right thing and get a local guide for a few thousand rupiahs if you dont want to do it alone.

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Mount Merapi in West Sumatra
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PLEASE VISIT SAMOSIR ISLAND/LAKE TOBA here you can see the video , how beautiful is samosir/laketoba www.samosirtourism.com You can alaso download our video tour.. thanks ... Read review

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Disadvantages: see review

I live here for almost 4 years. The people is so friendly. And its save to travel here. For Example you can walk in these city in the midnight and you can a tour with a free lance tour guide from these city. And if you want to travel trough West Sumatra ... Read review

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Volcano
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Bukit Tinggi, The Cave of War Speaking as Witness
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Advantages: You can paragliding here
Disadvantages: carreful with the local

Lake singkarak is the one of four lake in west sumatra. that not include lake kerinci that half is at west sumatra region and the other half is in jambi region. Lake Singkarak is in the side ways to Solok and the way to "Lintas Sumatra". That connect all ... Read review

Advantages: good experience for you
Disadvantages: Active Volcanoes but not erupt in near days

This if the good mount that bukittinggi have. that you can see sunrise from here. And there you can find "Puncak Merpati" there. but it was a risk to go there. But you have a good view to volcanos lava in the mountain stomach, from there. and you can see ... Read review

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Welcome to Ciao, you could do with adding more depth and detail to your review. by memphisto_chick

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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 ... Read review

Advantages: Beautiful paradise & relaxation - recommended
Disadvantages: Lack of tourism

We took a trip to Lake Toba just over a year ago on a 4 month backpacking trip round South East Asia and would go back tomorrow given half a chance. It was one of the places we'd heard to much about and our Rough Guide gushed over the natural surroundings ... Read review

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I enjoyed the cat story! Luci by elkiedee

very good and interestin review :-) sounds like a good place to go by gwlith_y_wawr

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One Big Lake
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Danau Toba
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The biggest crater lake in the world
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Advantages: Nice natural living, good for health.
Disadvantages: There is no international airport in the city.

Some rumors say that most Europeans do not know Indonesia. They know better Bali than Indonesia though Bali is an island belongs to the Republic of Indonesia. How is Jambi? I think this name is a strange name for you, and today I am going to tell you a ... Read review

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It is so nice to read about places even though we may never visit them, and to have an insight into the cultures of others. thanks, Lynn by silverpixie1uk

I know I won't ever make it to Indonesia, at least not in this life. :-) But I enjoyed reading about your home town. Cheers, Malu (from Germany) by MALU

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Advantages: Beautiful, cheap beyond belief
Disadvantages: Rip-offs

Nias is an island about 100km off the western coast of Sumatra. When I first arrived, I had a really open mind. The guidebook said Nias had a bad reputation for rip-offs and the locals at Lake Toba said, “don’t go there… Nias people ar ... Read review

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That is definately not a place I am going to visit. I can't believe some of the scams they where pulling, talk about money orientated!!!! Excellant op!:-) Bxxxx by beccie

Yikes,sounds like a place NOT to go.. No matter how lovely or beutiful an environment is,if you don't feel safe you can't appreciate it,glad to see you made it back safe and sound, cheers jane xx by babajane32

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Advantages: Various tourism objects
Disadvantages: -

Bukit Tinggi is a town in west Sumatra. How to reach this tourism-spot? Supposing you are really anxious to know the practical way to have a practical, economical and optimized traveling in Sumatra, you can read my opinion on “General Sumatra” ... Read review

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informative op, quite curious to go and see by myself now. Alex by alexandrapontecaille

A very interesting op. Cheers. by Ariel

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Volcano
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Bukittinggi friendly city
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Advantages: Lot to see and do. Generally cheap. Culture. Arts
Disadvantages: Internal travel is difficult. Bureaucracy. Corruption

Sunmatra,just like the rest of Indonesia, in essence is still comparatively safe for foreign tourists.This huge island has a good deal to offer the inveterate traveller including the delights of Lake Toba, interesting cities such as Medan and Padang, the ... Read review

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It seems that you know Sumatra very much. Have you been to Sumatra ? I was born in North Sumatra, and have been travelling till Jambi now. by djohan

Fantastic review. Thanks. Looking for a holiday destination presently! by htanaka

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Optimizing Your Journey in Sumatra
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Advantages: The situation is peace, and you can enjoy nice sightseeing
Disadvantages: None

Welcome to Sumatra Sumatra, one of Republic Indonesia's big island, is a nice island to make jurney. The journey should be started from Medan (North Sumatra), Bukit Tinggi (West Sumatra), Jambi, Palembang and then Java, Bali, etc. I encourage you to ... Read review

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me myself rarely go to sumatra :D by ucup33

Good stuff! These travel ops are always so much better if they're by someone who really knows the place well. VH for sure. by davidbuttery

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Sumatra is Still Safe To Visit
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Advantages: Unique Tourism Spot
Disadvantages: None

This is my second opinion submitted to CIAO. It was a terribly bad one and lack of much information. You might see some comments given by some readers here. Today I try to revise it and hope it would be better than the previous one. Background I ... Read review

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I thought about your review tonight as on our Channel five telivision programme, two orangutangs were being released back into the wild. It was only on for 15 minutes but guess where it was filmed. YES you guessed it Bukit Lawang. Fiona by COOOEEE

I really enjoyed that. I love oran utangs and have always wanted to go to Indonesia! Kim:-) by water-witch

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Advantages: Convenient.
Disadvantages: Horrible

are my overwhelming memories of Medan, one of the least pleasant cities I have ever been to. It's the regional capital of North Sumatra certainly, and possibly the whole of Sumatra - I can't remember and will edit this when I find out. I should explain th ... Read review

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Ugh - we absolutely haaaated Medan (see my review of Lake Toba for an idea!) - may spend some time doing a review on Medan, but then again, as it was so crap... maybe not! I've done a few SEA reviews if you are interested ;o) Soph by SophieWehr

I'm sorry you had such a nasty experience. I was born in medan and still go back there at least once a year and though I agree they could have improve on the hygiene of the city, I disagree on your op about the food. I love th food there and maybe you just have the bad luck of trying bad places. Better luck next time and if you planning to go there again, email me and I can suggest some places to you :) - Mala by babyenne

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Fleeting visit
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Advantages: Beautiful and quiet
Disadvantages: A long way from Java

and it really is massive. Danau Toba is so vast that it's central island alone is the size of Singapore. It's an utterly beautiful and serene place, where days just drift by in a mix of swimming, canoeing, shopping, generally hanging out and chatting. Its ... Read review

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One Big Lake
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Danau Toba
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Hazy purply-blue water, stunning place
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