Birthday Trip to Swiss Garden Beach Resort Damai Laut

Makan tengahari selera eksotik di Restoren Lembah Bernam, Sekinchan.

Memang damai sungguh. Damai tapi jauh!

Nira nipah. Owh segar dan manis!

Pangkor di kejauhan

A clean private beach they have

Bawa Mama jalan - jalan sempena birthday ku pada Julai yang lalu. I booked the room directly with the hotel 1 day before check-in. Balik keje terus cakap kat Mama go pack your bikini coz we're going to the beach! olalalalalala..owh baru ingat balik trip ni henpon buat perangai tak boleh charge. Dah cuak, balik tu terus pergi Samsung Centre kat The Gardens. Selamat boleh tukar parts je..

4D3N: Lake Toba - Berastagi - Medan

Happy 67th Birthday to Mama on 7th of September 2017

View from room at Danau Toba International Cottage, Parapat

 

While on the boat ride to Samosir Island

Coffee time with scenic view

 

 

Sipisopiso Waterfall

From Parapat to Sinabung Hills, Berastagi

 

Mount Sinabung - an active volcano

 Pasar Buah Berastagi

 

Pinkish Potatoes

Great Mosque of Medan @ Masjid Raya Medan

Istana Maimoon

Nasi Padang treat

Room at Aryaduta Medan

flatlay breakfast situation

Goodbye Coconut Latte

I've made all the arrangements for this trip exactly 2 weeks before flying to Medan on 31st August 2017. From buying the flight tickets, hotel bookings, transport @ supir service and calling Uncle Calvin for 3 am airport transfer to KLIA on the departure day. Yeah, first time leaving on 6.40 am flight. Kinda worried of missing the flight. But hey, things went smoothly and we just sit back and enjoy the journey.

Pak Hilman was already waiting for us at Kualanamu International Airport and brought us straightly to Ayam Penyet Cindelaras for breakfast. Sausage Bun and a muffin on Batik Air weren't sufficient for our gastronomical tanks. I urged Mama to take rice instead of soto or lighter meal because it's gonna be a super far journey to Lake Toba after that. 5 hours on the bumpy road, up and down to Parapat.

Apparently we were hungry again the moment we reached Parapat. But the scenic view of Lake Toba is so magnificent. Just can't take my eyes from enjoying the God's creation, a volcanic lake that was formed some 70,000 years ago.

So we stayed 1 night in Parapat, 1 night in Berastagi and 1 night in Medan. The journey from town to town was a bit tiring but it was worth it. For a person who is living in a busy city, I appreciate nature at its best and hoping that this vacation will last longer. Ahh looks like I need another short getaway this weekend :p