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Tuesday, 10 April 2018

All Roads Lead to Lake Toba, Berastagi and Medan (Part 3)


“Batak museum”

Batak is the residents of Samosir Island.



Batak people still live in the long house where the people live at the back of the long house.

“Kings Sidabutar graveyard”



Kings Sidabutar graveyard. Majority Kings Sidabatur adopts Christianity.

Prior entering graveyard, we’re requested to wear a piece of cloth as a sign of respect to the Kings Sidabutar, the ancient ruling of Batak villages Samosir Island.

Upon entering the graveyard, I was attracted by a tombstone which resembles the faces of man and woman.


That is the tombstone of first King Sidabutar. He is the first one set foot in Samosir Island.  The largest man face is said to be the face of first King Sidabutar.

Whereas, the woman sitting at the top of the tombstoneis the woman who King Sidabutar fell in love for years but gone missing. 

The other man face at the bottom of the tombstone is said to be the King’s guardian.


There are benches areas with different colors: black, white and maroon. White colors means paradise and luckily I sat on the right color.  


Wall carvings of lizards and breasts which symbolized friendship. I found Mr. Alil explanation associates lizards is they extend the helping hands to Batak people and in return Batak people provide milks to them.

“Simarjarunjung Hill”


We stopped at Simarjarunjung Hill on our way to Berastagi from LakeToba.


I can conclude it is the commercialized place. You need to pay IDR 5000 for all spots e.g tree house, to take the nice photos. 



Grilled corn of Simarjarunjung Hill with chili sauce. But I don’t interest as I can’t handle the spicy grilled corn.

This guesthouse is famous for banana fritters and ginger tea 

 “Sipiso piso waterfall”



Enjoying Lake Toba from the distance 
fried fritters e.g tempeh, banana, tauhu isi, risoles

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