so i was in medan and after saying goodbye to piotrek again i got on a bus to prapat. at the middle of the trip i was starving. breakfast had been cakes and a mango shake to break the normal fried noodles in the morning thing. i was still on an aceh mood when i wouldn't be able to eat till 7pm... but i was soooo hungry!! and suddenly we stopped in the middle of nowhere and lots of people got on the bus selling food and i realized i was out of aceh! really close to this seriously catholic land. and so i stepped out of the bus and got some pastries :) i found a cake made of my favourite south east asian fruit - jackfruit :D yumm!!
with a fuller belly i got to prapat in a much better mood :) and i got on the boat to tuk tuk. this place is really GORGEOUS!! it's the biggest lake in south east asia and it makes me think of inle lake in burma a lot :) i got a really nice guesthouse and my room has a huge window to the lake :) there's a garden with a pretty way into the lake and there are a few batak houses around - such pretty houses they are!!
so far on this trip i seem to end up chatting a lot with people who are either 10 years older or 10 years younger... but today i met a 70 something year old australian that has been living here for 5 years :) and he introduced me to tuak - palm wine! can't say i likely at start... but i sure loved it after the 2 glass ;) amazing talk with royle!! he told me "misfortune is what good fortune leans on" :) among many other wise things ;) if you come this way go meet him at horas chill out and homestay xx and if you have any extra room on your backpack please bring a teddy bear for one of his kids! even if i have to say that they may lack a teddy bear or 2... but they have a monkey as a pet!
this is a really beautiful lake :) and a there's a pretty mountain next to the island i'm in... i can't wait to see more of it tomorrow!!
it's raining again tonight! a kiwi i met yesterday who has been coming here to surf for the last 10 years told me the seasons are all changed since the tsunami and this might be the rainy season showing up before october when it was expected! and by the way, for the fans of dr. house out there - this kiwi was so similar to him piotrek thought it was his little brother. little house ;)
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