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Lake Toba and Gunung Pangulubao

May 2, 2010 by Andy Leave a Comment

A trip planned a last minute turned into a really great weekend, including relaxing and eating great food on the shore of the giant Lake Toba and bagging a very seldom climbed mountain – Gunung Pangulubao.

We flew to Medan, arriving in the early evening and after some bad food and a juice in the hotel, we headed out to enjoy a few cold beers in the small cafe bar, strangely right next to the huge local mosque. The next morning, our driver picked us up and we headed south along the busy trans-Sumatra highway, before turning west and starting to climb into the mountains. After about 4 hours driving we arrived in Parapat, which is the main place to catch a ferry across Lake Toba to Tuk Tuk. Parapat gets a bit of a bad write up in the Lonely Planet, but it’s a pretty nice place with a decent market square and places to eat. It is much better to head across the lake, and we chose to stay in the popular Tabo Cottages, which has accommodation in traditional Batak Style houses, a bakery, and really good food. Tuk Tuk is pretty quiet, and when you walk though the village, most of the restaurants and cafe bars are empty – you are probably going to be the only customers.

Posted in: Hiking, travel Tagged: Sumatra

Bromo

April 5, 2010 by Andy Leave a Comment

We once again failed to make it to Flores for Easter, but a trip to East Java and Bromo was a good last minute choice for the long weekend. We headed off with our friends John, Michael and Karen to Surabaya on a much delayed Lion Air flight, stayed one night near the airport, and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Hiking, travel Tagged: East Java

Gunung Tampomas

February 20, 2010 by Andy Leave a Comment

The gunung bagging obsession can take you to some off-the-beaten path places, and our quick weekend to climb Gunung Tampomas was a good example. Gunung Tampomas is a mountain northeast of Sumedang – a town famous for its delicious Tahu (fried tofu). We set out one Saturday from Bogor with a rented car and driver … [Read more…]

Posted in: Food, Hiking Tagged: West Java

Gunungbagging.com – Jakarta Post Article

December 7, 2009 by Andy Leave a Comment

After a lot of hard work at the evenings and weekend, with my fellow Brit Daniel Quinn, I am finally launching a website project about climbing (bagging) the mountains and volcanoes of Indonesia. We’re getting some good press, including a Lifestyle section front page spread in the Sunday Jakarta Post:  Climb Ev’ry Mountain. The website … [Read more…]

Posted in: Hiking Tagged: gunung bagging
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