The alarm is going off. It is six in the morning. We booked a speedboat to get to the Gili Islands today. The boat was supposed to leave at 1 p.m. We got a call from the company, that the boat will be going at 9 a.m. instead. The reason was the big swell. The thing I love, when surfing and hate when taking a boat… We arrived at the harbor around 8 a.m. It was busy with a lot…
Our flight from the north of Sumatra took a stop in Malaysia. This was the perfect visa run! We literally left the country of Indonesia, entered Malaysia through Kuala Lumpur and then went through immigration in Bali for Indonesia again. Our visa was almost expired and through this we have thirty days again. When we landed we were surprised how different Bali is. First of all the tourism. We went from the few travelers of Sumatra to one of the…
We take the night bus from Medan. We expected much, because this night bus costed us about 30€. This is pretty expensive on Indonesian terms. When we got to the bus station we saw a pinkish weirdly looking bus. We get in and every seat is equipped with a hello kitty blanket and pillow. Pretty strange and I have never seen such a bus, but I’m here for the experience. The ride was okay, but the driver was smoking all…
We leave Thailand and land in Medan. It is located in the west of Sumatra. In Medan we plan to stay one night. Once arrived we noticed how crazy this place actually is. Motorcycles swarming the streets. It was already hard to breathe in Bangkok, but this must have been two times worse. We wait for a bus to arrive, but it never comes. After a while of waiting, we take a tuk tuk instead. We notice directly how different…