Medan trip - part 2

Assalamualaikum :)

ok, jom sambung mana kita pegi lepas minum kopi sedap tepi lereng bukit tu..singgah sebantar di dataran danau toba (i dont know the actual name) to take some photo..

jangan gelak please :P

bye Danau Toba

ok, move on with our journey..masa nih dah 2 hours dalam kereta..almost 1pm..kami singgah di Simarjarunjung Rest House for toilet break and photo session again..

mujur ada pakcu (my cousin) melayan ariq..kalau mommylaa xlarat nak berdukung jer naik turun bukit tuh..

kat sini sejuuukkkk sangat2..kalah Cameron n Genting..

diorang ada build tempat2 selfie..kalau naik atas tu mmg background view cantik tp kena bayar dalam 5000 rupiah = RM1.5..Pak Zun kata area sinilaa yg bot Danau Toba terbalik tuh..Innalillah..usaha pencarian dah ditamatkan..yelaa, dengan kedalaman 600m macamana nak carik kan..walaupun perjalanan dari hotel dah 2 jam, kami masih lagi berada di tasik Danau Toba..betapa luas..lebih kurang besar negeri Kedah kot..

ada restoran ayam penyet kat situ tapi Pak Zun kata nak bawak makan kat Berastagi..only sejam lagi..oklaa, kita teruskanlaa perjalanan..little did we know rupanya dekat 3 jam lagi baru sampai..dah pukul 4pm baru lunch..kesian budak2 laa..sebbaik ada beli roti..supir mula2 xnak amik roti yg kitorg offer, lepas tu makan jugak..dah lapar kan..jem teruk sebab hari ahad and kat sana ada perayaan pra-natal..

 

sebbaik sedap..makan kat Panorama Restoran, Berastagi..dia macam kedai tomyam sinilaa..masakan panas..lauk dia masak apa yg kita order..aku bertambah 3x okeh..

sepanjang perjalanan nak ke Berastagi tuh sejukk..berkabus jer..lalu lereng2 bukit, Pak Zun pun xberani bawak laju..tu yang lagi lambat tuh..

balik lalu jalan lain..masa Medan-Danau 1 jam lalu highway..walaupun highway takramai orang, adalaa seketul dua jer kereta yang kitorang selisih, tapi semua tak bawak laju..dalam 80km/jam jer..alahai..utk kita yg dah biasa bawak 120km/j kat hiway rasa nak jer tolong pijak paddle..hahaha..

kat sana susah nak jumpa penguasa ala Polis Trafik, JPJ, DBKL so undang2 tuh tak kuat tapi kurang kemalangan..hahaha..kalau pokok tumbang pun biar je situ...kalau tak boleh lalu, penduduk kampung situ akan tolong alihkan tapi kita yang nak lalu nih kenalaa bg upah kat diorang..haa, gitu..(syukur malaysia masih aman, eh!) 3 jam lalu jalan kampung..tapi Danau-Berastagi-medan memang lalu jalan kampung jer..pusing2 bukit macam nak pegi genting tuh..bayangkan jalan macam tuh jer 2 jam..lalu kampung2 2 jam..jem bila dah masuk bandar 2 jam..kesian Pak Zun..letih dia..bawak van manual pulak tuh..

lepas makan kat Berastagi, kami teruskan perjalanan for another 2 hours balik ke Medan..check in semula Hotel Grand Anteras for our last night..we tapau KFC then have dinner in our rooms..me n my mom booked an in room massage..duduk lama dlm van, rasa sakit pinggang2 nih..

besoknya lepas sarapan kami packing2..Pak Zun bawa kami ke kedai berdekatan Istana Maimun..pegi 1 kedai jer..harga pecah telur katanya...maksud dia bg harga spesial utk pelanggan pertama hari itu..beli kain pasang, kain batik n telekung..

lepas tuh singgah Factory Outlet pulak..nda belanja tshirt avengers sorang 1..yana dapat my little pony..suka material dia macam jersey..kat Malaysia macam xjumpa plak yg camtuh..

 

inside Factory outlet 

kat sana ada Grab motor..kiranya macam grab tapi motor..penumpang pakai helmet grab, penunggang pakai jaket grab..

later on on the way ke airport, Pak Zun bawak kami ke Ayam Penyet Cindelaras..famous kat sana and ada few outlet serata Indonesia..flight pukul 4pm so solat terus kat sana..ada surau di belakang restoran..

 

sementara tunggu babah solat..

i ordered the chicken set while cikgu ordered the fish set..lebih kurang sama jer macam kat malaysia..in fact, i rasa yg kat malaysia lagi sedap..bukan pasal ayam tp sambal dia..kat sana rasa belacan lebih..sini rasa tomato lebih..

tapi yang nih memang sana sedap...dapat jugak minum jus alpukat

bergambar kenangan sebelum balik..Ayam Penyet Cindelaras yg famous..ada banyak franchise..you can also ordered via grabfood...

bergambar sebelum boarding...

aduhai anak2ku..xmarah pulak nda nya..

dah sampaiiii

ariq duduk ngan mama n atok..ye dia panggil camtu padahal itu husband n wife..hahaha..sukatilaa

lepas 5 minit tido...

dah sampai Malaysia...Alhamdulillah...selesai percutian yang mendebarkan...hahaha...aktiviti takde apa sangat..Medan mmg byk kena travel by the roadlah...even kat Danau Toba pun xbuat apa sebab hujan...takpe, lps ni nak cuba pegi Kundasang pulak..kalau ada rezeki..inshaaAllah

Medan Trip - part 1

Assalamualaikum :)

its been a while since my last update..ada jer benda nak cerita but the time nak upload photos tu jadi malas pulak...there's mikhail's konsert day, he lead the bacaan rukunegara...our short trip to Genting, our 1st time riding the cable car...friends' weddings and this..our family trip to Medan, Indonesia...My mom have booked our flight since February...mama belanja flight ticket, accomodation semua for 9 of us..my family of 5, my mom and my uncle, makcu (the kids babysitter) and their son... at 1st cikgu kata tak boleh pegi...coz his name was submitted by his PK utk jaga SPM...until about 2 weeks before our flight barulaa tau nama dia kena jaga college exam which only started after we came back..pheww...lega betul..

few months rasa xsyiok jer nak pegi memikirkan i have to handle the kids by myself..contemplating nak bgtau my mom taknak pegi but knowing how much she's looking forward for a family trip we postponed until the end...end up semua ok2 ajer..Allahuakbar..trust Allah's plan..btw this is ariq's 1st flight..although my aunty semua ada but mommy's would understand my feeling...tgh bercuti takkan nak harapkan org jaga pulak kan..Alhamdulillah semua dipermudahkan Allah..

its a fortunate that my husband had a friend working at the airport so we get to parked our cars there for free...easier for us that way since we have 3 kids and few luggage to handle...our flight was on 10.50pm..yup, tulaa rahsia tambang murah AA, hahaha...bertolak ke KLIA lepas asar but we have prepare our kids for that.. nap during the day, bg makan kenyang2 and i even made kek batik for them to munch...

 
 had our dinner at KFC

while waiting before boarding

bye Malaysia

hello Medan...Alhamdulillah smooth flight, no delay and arrived an hour later at Kualanamu airport...our tourist guide Pak Zun dah siap menunggu...from airport to our hotel Grand Anteras took about 40 minutes..sampai2 jer mmg tak larat nak buat apa dah..change the kids into their pyjamas then off to bed...my mom and my uncle semua pegi lepak2 kedai mana tah siap makan nasi goreng Acheh...balik bilik pun dah 2am++

wefie sket sebelum check out

 

Medan city view from our room..walaupun bangunan tinggi x banyak tp penempatan dia padat n rapat2..

after breakfast we checked out from Grand Anteras and off we went to Danau Toba.. 

4 hours in the car with them..i prepared 2 packet of Indomie mee goreng..laku keras ok...the kids are at age where they are constantly hungry..

arrived at Danau Toba, had Padang food for lunch before we checked into our hotel for a night..

dari uphill dah nampak pemandangan Tasik yg luas..MashaaAllah, so beautiful..our camera didnt do well to capture the breathtaking view..

every hotel my mom booked 3 rooms..1 for my family, 1 for my uncle n his son n 1 for my aunty n her..but my aunty prefer to stay with her family so arianalaa teman nda dia..

mujur ada "mama"

decent room..kettle takde..nak air panas kena mintak nanti dia hantar flusk..1 thing that surprised me was there is no fan or aircond in the room..xde aircond boleh fahamlaa sebab sana katanya sejuk altho when we arrive at 3pm, cuaca tak sejuk pun..dahlaa sakit kepala..after taking some panadol, i tried to sleep tapi berpeluh2 acaner? my husband suggest me to take a bath and i did just that..barulaa lega sikit...

the lake is 600m deep..thinking just that makes me chill

clear blue sky...beyond that pavement walk ada ramai orang memancing..

my uncle take a stroll around the hotel..cari simkad and coffee..Danau Toba also famous for its various coffee selection..that evening it rains..x jadilaa nak naik boat pusing tasik..nak pegi strawberry farm pun x jadi..we only went out for dinner and tapau some tit bit from their local store..suka roti2 kat sana..sedap2..

mlm hujan bersambung ke subuh..memang sejuk sangat..tido siap tarik selimut sampai ke kepala..huhu

pagi2 dah jalan2 round hotel ngan nda..tgk orang mancing..most of them ialah supir2 yang bawak tourist..so kalau tamu dia bermalam lama, they will do this..besar2 jugak ikan yang ditangkap..

buffet breakfast..tak banyak choice sangat..mostly, nasi goreng, mee goreng..ada tempe goreng n sup tapi sedap jugaklaa..n their kopi O mmg sedappp..

thats the name of our hotel : Danau Toba Cottage

all 9 of us..

mikhail moyok tak dapat mandi pool..alahai, kat rumah pun ada pool..lagipun dah nak check out..malas nak basah2kan baju..

 

 

 

antara roti yang menjadi my favourite..situ tulis cokelat sarikaya..ingatkan dia combine perisa rupanya roti dia melekat..tapi flavor asing..roti kat sana lembut2..pastu yg plain pun rasa macam lemak2 susu gitu..

some interesting details at the hotel..

mama suruh bergambar dulu..buat kenangan..

layannn

budak nih mmg berkepit jer dgn nda..mmg banyaklaa gambar2 dia..

budak bandar jumpa "ceri"..dia tak tau mommy dia jenuh dulu panjat pokok..selamba makan x basuh pun..hahaha

singgah minum pelbagai jenis kopi kat lereng bukit overseeing the Lake Toba..

macam biasa, melayan my mom..

hehehehe...

cikgu tuh, kalau kita ajak dia bergambar mcm nih, memang takdelaa..unless my mom suruh..hahaha

we stop sekejap dekat pasar yang jual macam2 souvenir..dapatlaa beli sikit2..then we continued to Medan and stop at few places..to be continued