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The next day I headed back to Medan, taking a minibus for 30.000 IDR (I think 20.000 IDR supposed to be the normal price). This time I did not stay at the old ladies’ guesthouse but at Hotel Residence. Very nice and cheap place: I had a twin room with fan and private toilet and [...]

Lonely planet describes Medan as a city that often pops up on people’s worst cities visited lists. When heading to the city with that in the back of your mind, it is not bad at all. I think this city deserves a better introduction than the one lonely planet gave. Medan – facts and figures [...]

Today I uploaded a selection of the pictures I made in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, as well as Pulau Weh & Banda Aceh & Medan & Bukit Lawang, Indonesia You can find the pictures here: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Normal view (Google maps or Google Earth) Pulau Weh, Indonesia: Normal view (Google maps or Google Earth) Banda [...]

I left Pulau Weh for Banda Aceh in a shared taxi (50.000 IDR, 1 hour) at 6.30am in the morning, catching the slow ferry (17.000 IDR, 2 hours) at 8am, getting a shared taxi for 4 persons (50.000 IDR) to Prapat hotel, Banda Aceh. Here I took a twin room for 100.000 IDR per night. [...]