Medan, North Sumatera, Indonesia (Parapat-Berastagi-Medan City)

Hello world. Its been a week since I wrote part 1 of my trip to Medan. Been busy with work on weekdays and shopping like a crazy girl in the weekend. Hahaha. Let's continue my journey there shall we?

12 June 2013

So I left Parapat early in the morning after breakfast at the hotel. The driver picked us up and we're heading for Berastagi which is about 5hours from Parapat. I was like " WHAT?? FIVE FREAKING HOURS? " Plus the road condition there is not as good as what we have here in Malaysia. Lucky for us our drive took an alternative road there. And sumpah cakap the view sepanjang jalan memang spectacular!!! And believe it or not lepas dah drive hours away from Parapat we can still see the magnificent view of Lake Toba. Subahanallah, cantiknya ciptaan Allah SWT. Travel makes me realize how small a space I occupy in this world :)

The view from our hotel's parking space. 8 am and it was so bright and sunny. 

If I'm not mistaken the locals call this place Tanjung Unta. So pretty :) And its 2hours drive from Prapat.

Seeeeee...everything is so green and blue here. Hahaha. Feeling pencinta environment sangat time niii. LOL. So anyway, before we reach Berastagi I asked my driver to take a short detour and go to Sepiso Piso Waterfall. Wanted to see the 100 feet high waterfall with my own eyes. Rugi kalau datang jauh jauh and tak pergi since its just one hour from Berastagi. Tak pi Berastagi okay lagi tapi Sepiso Piso is a MUST! And if you have some extra time make sure you visit Mount Sibayak too. Nak pi sana in the future insyaAllah :)

How pretty is that? I regret not going all the way down and have good swim.

And that's me mesmerized by the view. 

And from here WE CAN STILL SEE LAKE TOBA! Excited! And it's the best view of Lake Toba. For me it's better than the view in Parapat. Check it out down here if you guys don't believe me.

Told ya! The view cantik kan. Maaf laa guna camera phone jaaa ni T__T

Next, Berastagi. What's interesting here? Hmmmmm. Senang cakap tak pi pun takpa. Cameron Highland lagi best, bak kata my mum. Hahaha. Kat sini we bought some souvenirs and end up makan jagung bakar. Nasib baik laaa jagung sini sedap and murah.

Since nothing much kat Bearstagi we headed back to Medan City for our final night. And before sampai hotel my mum sempat suruh driver bawak pi beli Bika Ambon kat Zulaikha. Ramai gilaaaaaaa ok kedai ni. Padahal tak sedap pun kek and bika yang dijual to (atleast to me). My mum beli la jugak buat bagi kat family kat sini. And since kami sampai pun around 5pm dah banyak flavor yang sold out. Pastu terus driver hantar ke hotel. For last night here I chose a hotel at the heart of the town so that senang nak go shopping tomorrow morning before we catch our 4pm flight home :)

And the hotel is Swiss-Belhotel, Medan. Out of the 3 hotel I stayed, this is the best one. The interior design is so chic and simple. Breakfast pun best with variety of food (Ni penting sebab saya kaki makan T__T) And the hospitality is really good too and the staffs pun semua speaking so its easier. Last but not least its cheap :D

We checked in, clean up and went out to get some dinner. Went to to Merdeka Walk and dine in at Restoran Nelayan. Please go and eat here if you're in Medan. Their food is really good especially the dim sums and also I like the ambiance. Tempat lepak yang cool. After getting recharge we walked around for a lil while and balik tidoqqqqq! Penat sangat sebab dari 8am travelling and what not.

The next day we woke up super early since we wanna do some last minit shopping at Pasar Petisah. Will update another entry on that. 

Till then, keep doing whatever that makes you happy :')