Lake Toba - Indonesia

 View of Lake Toba from my room balcony!

I woke up at about 10am in the morning, had my breakfast at the same cafeteria, before checking out of the hotel. Today, I would be travelling to Lake Toba in Indonesia which Lake Toba is actually a crater lake. It would be a 9 hours plane there to Sumatra Indonesia.

I boarded the plane at 12pm in the afternoon and reached there at 9pm. I checked in at the Niagara Hotel and Resort which was a 1 hour drive from Sumatra International Airport. Upon checking in, I washed up, and I slept as I was tired after the plane ride.

The next morning, I woke up at 9am and had breakfast at the cafeteria in the hotel. After that, I walked around the perimeter of the hotel before heading off to Lake toba which is very near the hotel. Lake toba is indeed a very beautiful lake. It is also a supervolcano. The lake is about 100 km long, 30 km wide and a dept of 505m !!(1,666fts) With a surface elevation of about 900m(2,953fts), the lake stretches from 2.88 degree north,98.52 degreeeast to 2.35 degree north and 99.1 degree east. It is the largest lake in indonesia and the largest volcanic lake around the world. It is also known as the largest explosive eruption anywhere on earth in the last 25 million   years, according to the toba catastrophe theory. I took some pictures before heading back to my hotel.

Back at the hotel, I went for spa treatment as it is so cheap here at only 500,000 rupiah! I would not get such a cheap spa back in Singapore! After my spa, I went back to my hotel, packed up and checked out. Before leaving, I took a picture of Lake Toba from my balcony!! This picture will last with me for eternity!!:)

Credits: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Toba

Some pictures that I took:

Surroundings of Lake Toba

Zoomed view of the beautiful lake

Source: http://www.sumatra-indonesia.com/laketoba.jpg
http://www.itravelnet.com/photos/as/indonesia/tuk-tuk/lake-toba.jpg
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