Lake Toba

We decided to fly to Medan, Indonesia for our Christmas holiday this year. The main factor in our decision was that the return tickets were less than $30 each. If you’re reading this blog to learn something about travel, then let me warn you that there is absolutely no reason to stay in Medan for more than a day or night. Lyna seriously hates the place and I knew I had to get us out of there quick before she exploded on me. We decided to haul ass to Lake Toba.

Lake Toba is the most chill place I’ve been to in a long time. It’s definitely a good place regardless of your age or gender. It’s kind of like being in cottage country in Ontario.  There really isn’t much to do here, but I’m definitely not going to complain about that. I’m really enjoying having time to decompress from a hectic semester teaching and learning.

The pictures posted below are from my iPad because one of us forgot to bring the charger for our Canon camera. 

A picture of Lyna on the lake. This is taken at the restaurant we ate our Christmas dinner at. 

Enjoying an afternoon beer on Christmas day. I earned it. I ran about 5k in the early afternoon and then walked the same route with Lyna to do a bar crawl. 

Yes, you can openly buy magic mushrooms here. Upon check-in at my hotel, the manager promptly offered me shrooms for about $8. Thanks, but no thanks!