Brastagi, Semalem, Binjai, Tandem, Stabat, Langkat.

Wow! The last Sunday was just an INSANE jouney around some towns in North Sumatera! ^^

Out final second semester exams were just over last Saturday. So me and my college friends decide to have a nice holiday.

On Sunday we left at 7 early in the morning. Excited and pumped up about the journey =) We used my friend's auntie's car! Ahahaha! (who was a clean kind of person, so we had to be careful and not to dirty her car!).

Our 1st destination was to Simalem, 1 exra hour driving from Brastagi town. After arriving there, we were all taken out by the real fresh mountain air and enjoyed the magnificent mountain view! From Simalem we could look down at the beautiful Danau Toba and Samosir island!

After a very nice time at Simalem and took a lot of photographs. We went back to Brastagi town and ate lunch at Restoran Asia. The best restaurant in Brastagi town and then we spent some moment in Mikie Holiday, amusement park. We played cliff climbing and Go kart, and walk around. After deciding that it's still too early to finish our holiday then we decide to go to my friends' homeland in Pangkalan Brandan.

Ahaha.. Before we can arrive to pangkalan Brandan we need to drive pass a lot of town like Binjai, Stabat, Tandem and Langkat! That's like 3 or 4 hours drive from Brastagi!

So we spent most of our times in the car, joking and listening to the song, joking about the songs. And... counting gas stations! We pass a lot of gas station that we lose count of them! Ahahhaa...

And after we had such a long moment in car, pee break, arrived at Binjai and in car and pee break, arrived at Tandem, arrived at Stabat and in car and pee break again  and finally arrived at Langkat, Tanjung Pura! And that's when my friends said that he didn't need to go back to his homeland anymore..! AHAHAHA.. Oh My God!!!! Pangkalan Brandan is like 30 more minutes driving!!! He's so silly and nuts! We all just shakes our head and laugh about it cause there's no use in killing him! He's the one who's able to drive such a long drive.

So we decided to just eat at Rilex seafood restaurant in Langkat (they serve very delicious meal and very nice coconut), the restaurant is a river side restaurant, the food was great but the restroom was not so great. It was smelly and terribleeeee... (it think the pee just flushed off to the river!!!! Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!! So creepy..)

And then after we ate, we then went and bought some dodol at RIA, which known as the best dodol maker in Langkat town, as a gift to our family at home. The dodol maker is so famous that she can buy a very nice house just from selling dodol!!! Wow! Salute! She got Dodol with Pineapple flavor, Pandan flavor,Durian flavor and the usual dodol flavor. They were all really delicious and nice! ^^

Ahhhh... then the clock tick on 7 PM and we all decide it's time to went back home.

The driving back to Medan was filled with plans to return the car to Cleany Auntie, pee breaks, and plan to drive everyone safely back to home.

Everyone were just so overwhelmed with the journey i think ^^

It was the longest  inland North Sumatera jouney i've ever experienced =) I am so happy and proud of my friends about it! ^^

Overall. It's a 8 hours in car! 2 taking photo time. 1 amousement park visit, 3 eating time. 1 dodol shopping time. and 5 toilet breaks! New inland record for me! XD

Now it's proven. Journey with friends is the best. Cause you will always have something to laugh about ^^ it could be your friends' sense of music, your friends' die hard habits or even the clumsy toilets you visited! ^^

The awesome view of Danau Toba from Simalem! (click for bigger picture!)

The crew of the crazy journey!

I had such a great time!Thanks guys!^^

Comments

[Joan]

Semalem atau Simalem, Marlina?
*iseng bandingin judul dan isi*

BTW, Pangkalan Brandan...Pertamina? :-D

[M4RL1N4]

It could also be called Sibalem! dun know.. it's new tourist attraction.. I find it hard to remember the correct name!! XD ahaha.. But i'll stick my money on Simalem..

My friends kept shaking their head and corrected me when i said the wrong name (for the whole journey) ;)

Hmm.. never arrived to Pangkalan Brandan.. just at Langkat.. But i heard Pertamina has a LPG plants and oil refinery there.. ^^

[Tanya]

the danau toba view, you took the pic by urself?? i shud say that is a nice angle pic.

[M4RL1N4]

Yes, i use my phone camera to capture that ^^

Thanks for the compliment!

Lin~