Lake Toba (Danau Toba) North Sumatra Indonesia

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Lake Toba (Danau Toba) is the largest volcanic lake in the world and is in Sumatra, Indonesia. Samosir island within the lake is the island within the island of Sumatra.
Lake Toba is an immense volcanic lake covering an area of 1707 sq km (1,000 sq km bigger than Singapore) with an island in the center. Formed by a gigantic volcanic eruption some 70,000 years ago, it is probably the largest resurgent caldera on Earth. Some studies say it might have been associated with causing previous ice age/climate change and the largest human population bottleneck ever. Genetic estimates suggests that there were only a few thousand individuals that survived the catastrophe. The island in the middle - Pulau Samosir - was joined to the caldera wall by a narrow isthmus, which was cut through to enable boats to pass; a road bridge crosses the cutting. Samosir island is the cultural centre of Batak tribe who are mostly Christians in the modern days.

Lake Toba used to be popular tourist destination but now not many tourist come, which means many services, no crowds, cheap prices and friendly locals grateful for your business. It is a great laid back place to chill out for a few days after jungle trekking etc. The location is very popular with Chinese tourists around Chinese New Year, when availability drops dramatically and accommodation costs are known to sky rocket.

Kuil Shri Mariamman

Building the temple is similar to the Shri Mariamman Hindu temple in Singapore and Penang, Malaysia. Its architecture is influenced Indian culture, as seen in the decoration gopuram (gate) on the green gate of the temple. In addition, over the temple gate, the words "Shri Mariamman Field Association, Shri Mariamman Temple" and a picture of two angels who were carrying a large flower necklace, while above the temple, there is a statue of an elephant as a symbol of sacred animals in confidence Hindu.
Poles and temple floors are made of marble and covered with green carpet. In the temple ceiling hanging ornaments some fancy lights. Inside this temple, there are three main space a place to pray. In it, there is a brown wooden pole that stands on top of rectangular cement. And around the temple room are pictures and statues of the gods, like Lord Ganesha, Vishnu, Shiva, Goddess Kali (Durga), and Dewi Safe.
In addition to enjoying the beauty of the temple with religious nuances of a very thick, travelers also can feel the atmosphere of tolerance that is quite thick in the vicinity of the temple building. In this place, visitors can watch a variety of ethnic and tribal peoples living in harmony and mutual respect.
location:
area of ​​Kampung Keling (Little India), District Petisah, Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia.
Access to the location is very easy, because the temple is located in the center of Medan, precisely in the village Keling. Many public transportation, like taxis, public transportation, and tricycles passing machine at Jalan Gatot Subroto, pass through this location.

Belawan Port Medan Indonesia

Belawan Port has a work area of ​​about 12,072.33 hectares consisting of Base Belawan Lama, New Ujunug Base, Image Base, Container Terminal, Conventional Gabion, and passenger terminals. This port has four of them could harbor two boats rested with respective weights of 7000 tons. With these statistics, it's no wonder this became pelabujan most important port on the island of Sumatra. Economic activity is greatest at ports of loading and unloading commodities or CPO Crude Palm Oil which is one of the largest natural commodities produced by Sumatra. In the port of Belawan The mean quantity of commodities for export are Indonesia has reached 51 million tons / year. CPo addition, there is also a commodity in the form of meal (such amapas from palm oil) where the value of exports reached 985 thousand tons / tehun. while for the interests of the mobilization of passenger transportation, passenger port terminal Belwan 3100 passengers can ride both from within and outside the region.
Well, it turns out ya is not only economic and transportation exoticism to be the only beauty of the Port of Belawan. At night, the flickering of lights and various onshore installations Belawan Port and also the ships that stop by dear tisak enjoyed. with state sepaerti that, at least ya visitors can take a few flickering lights of the big power or can simply admire the construction of large ships that stop.
Well, certainly there own location in the city of Medan is not it? This port is located about 27 km to the north of the city of Medan. To reach this place, not too difficult. We can use all modes of public transportation available in the city of Medan, if any are interested, can try the typical mode of motorized rickshaws city uneven terrain available in the city of Medan.

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MUSEUM OF NORTHERN SUMATRA ( Medan )

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Museum of North Sumatra (North Sumatra) is located on the road HM Joni No. 51 Medan, North Sumatra Province, Indonesia. Museum of North Sumatra (North Sumatra) has a collection of statues and ornaments of the bride-ornamenya of the major tribes in North Sumatra, such as Malay, Toba Batak, Karo, Simalungun, Angkola, Mandailing, Pak-Pak, and Nias.

Since peresmianya in 1982 by the Ministry of Education and Culture, North Sumatra Musuem has a 6799 collection of historical objects are divided into 10 types, namely geologika collection, a collection of rock types, objects of natural formations as well as various minerals and rocks. Then there are also collections biologika, etnografika collection depicting ethnic identity in North Sumatra.

Museum collections such as North Sumatra arkeologika, objects of cultural heritage the prehistoric period until the entry of cultural influences barat.Koleksi arkeologika famous museum is in between, Piringsapa and Pustaha Lak-lak Toba Batak cultural heritage. The rest is a collection of historika, numismatika, filologika, keramologika, fine arts and the berteknologika.

Mesjid Raya mosque in Medan, Indonesia

Mesjid Raya, one of the largest mosques in Indonesia, designed by Dutch architects and built in 1906 showcases Italian marble ornaments, impressive black domes and stained-glass windows. The mosque is located near Maimoon Palace, on JL. SM Raja, and is open for tourists, except when it's prayer time. Be careful to dress propery and take your shoes off at the entrance.
The Mesjid Raya, literally translates to the Grand Mosque, is truly a grand sight. It is a huge, majestic structure that was built in 1906 using Moorish architecture with the minarets. Viewing the mosque from the outside, you will also be able to notice a wide slab covered square which adds both simplicity and serenity to the the experience of viewing the mosque.

However, only Muslims are allowed to go inside Mesjid Raya.

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Maimoon Palace medan Indonesia

Maimoon Palace is a famous landmark in Medan. It is often written as Istana Maimoon, Istana Maimoen and Istana Maimun, and is located at Jalan Brig. Jend. Katamso, Medan.

Maimoon Palace was built by the Sultan of Deli, Sultan Makmun Al Rasyid Perkasa Alamsyah, in 1888. The Sultanate of Deli is one of the two sultanates in northern Sumatra in the 19th century, the other being Acheh. The palace was constructed in 1888 and bore elements of Malay as well as Islamic, Spanish, Indian and Italian elements in its design. The palace, which is a two storey structure, has 30 rooms and inclusive the grounds, cover an area of 2772 sq meters. The palace bears elements of the Malay palace, with Mughal pattern and European elements added in. The Balairung Sri, or reception hall, carries elements of Mughal and Malay traditional styles.

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Medan Indonesia

Medan (Indonesian: Kota Medan) is the capital of the North Sumatra province in Indonesia. Located on the northern coast, Medan is the third largest city in Indonesia, and the largest Indonesian city outside Java. The city is bordered by the Deli Serdang Regency to the east, south and west, and the Strait of Malacca to the north. It is close to the volcano Sinabung, which erupted in August 2010 after a 400 year dormant state.

From 2005 Medan was governed by a mayor, Dr. H. Abdillah Ak, MBA (appointed for the period 2005-2010). However, Abdillah and his vice mayor were caught by Indonesian Corruption Eradication Commission in 2008. Syamsul Arifin, the Governor of North Sumatra Province, then appointed Affifudin Lubis to become the acting mayor. In 2009, Affifudin Lubis resigned as mayor, and the Governor then appointed Rahudman Harahap to become the mayor. Because Rahudman wanted to be a candidate in the 2010 mayor election, he resigned as mayor. Then Syamsul Arifin became the acting mayor. In the 2010 mayor election, Rahudman Harahap is elected mayor. Medan is divided into 21 districts (kecamatan) and 151 subdistricts (kelurahan).

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