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  • Dari Hotel Sri Indrayani Petualangan Bermula

    <—-Kisah Sebelumnya Aku masih saja tak bergeming dengan tawaran para sopir taksi, sementara para penumpang Bus INTRA yang lain lebih memilih menggunakan jasa taksi menuju tujuan akhirnya di Pekanbaru. Beberapa waktu kemudian, dari seberang jalan, pengemudi ojek online melambaikan tangan kepadaku. Tentu dia tahu, aku memakai jaket biru dengan backpack berwarna sama. Aku telah mengirimkan…

  • 7 Destinasi Kilat Pematang Siantar

    <—-Kisah Selanjutnya Duduk di ruang tunggu, tatapku terus tertuju pada jam tangan dan halaman kantor bus INTRA….Tak pernah melihat kapan dia tiba, dari ujung halaman sebelah kanan dia berteriak memanggilku. Senangnya hati, bertemu teman lama. Kebaikan dan kesederhanaannya masih sama seperti Bang Erwin yang kukenal di Kuala Lumpur 2013 silam. Kembali teringat ketika dia menyodorkan…

  • Taksi Hitam dari Toba ke Pematang Siantar

    <—-Kisah Sebelumnya Aku memasuki kamar Eloise untuk mengambil backpack  yang kutitip sejak pagi. Aku check out di pagi hari dan berlanjut mengeksplorasi Samosir seharian bersamanya. Aku berpamitan padanya dan bersiap menuju Pematang Siantar, sedangkan dia masih semalam lagi di Samosir. Staff Bagus Bay Homestay mengarahkanku untuk menunggu ferry di pelabuhan terdekat. Berbelok ke kiri setelah…

  • From Sri Indrayani Hotel….The Adventure was Began

    I still didn’t budge with an offer of taxi drivers, while other INTRA Bus passengers preferred to use taxi services towards their final destination in Pekanbaru. Several time later, from across the street, an online motorcycle taxi driver waved to me. Of course he knew, I was wearing a blue jacket with same color backpack.…

  • 7 Fast Destination at Pematang Siantar

    Sitting in waiting room, my gaze focused on my watch and INTRA bus office yard….Never saw when he arrived, from right side of the yard, he shouted to me. It was nice to meet an old friend. His kindness and simplicity was still the same as Erwin who I met in Kuala Lumpur 2013 ago.…

  • Black Taxi from Toba Lake to Pematang Siantar

    I entered Eloise’s room to pick up my backpack which I had entrusted since morning. I checked out in the morning and continued to exploring Samosir all day with her. I said good-bye to her and prepared to go to Pematang Siantar, while she was still overnight at Samosir. Bagus Bay Homestay staff directed me…

  • Three Malay Dances at Merdeka Walk

    After tasting Waroenk Nenek’s pecel lele (fried catfish with chili sauce), the sky looked occasionally throwing lightning. As if announcing to earth inhabitants that soon it would drop rain which it couldn’t hold anymore. It seems I never heeded the announcement. The green button “Order GoRide” has already been touched and invited a online taxibike…

  • Revealing a Benefactor story at Tjong A Fie Mansion

    Sumatra Money Museum and Tjong A Fie’s House are only three blocks away and pass a large intersection which separates Pemuda Street where the museum is located and Jenderal Ahmad Yani Street where the house is located. Security: “Hey, brother. Why do you capture photos of this building?”, his left hand is on his waist,…

  • Attaching a Signature at the Sumatra Money Museum

    My steps were so harmonious with my index finger pressure on camera to capture the best images along Sisingamangaraja Street. Red motorcycle suddenly got off from asphalt and its brake pounding threw dust which made me momentarily cover my nose. A face which was hidden behind helmet turned towards me while waving. I paused while…

  • Eight Facets in Al Mashun Grand Mosque Architecture

    That green mosque with dominant white was clearly visible from Maimun Palace gate. It’s a 111 years old mosque which is be a memory of Deli Sultanate greatness. According to story, Sultan wanted to build a mosque more beautiful than the palace where he lived as a service for religion. So the palace and mosque…