In 2018, we were riding from Medan to Danao Toba .. ManGunong, Ise and I .. we just rode the scooter, put on helmet, and pull the throttle .. second day of the trip, we've planned to reach Tele and get down to Pangururan .. i'm the navigator but i don't hold the GPS .. Ise was hold it .. he was the trip leader and been responsible to reconfirm and re-correct navigator .. I have miss the junction at Simalem to Silahilahi .. so we can ride by the lake, enjoy the view, taking photo and pretend to be a tourist (yes we are) and having the famous lake shrimp as been told by the local guy at the losmen (lodge-man) last nite ... since we already miss the junction .. all the above mentioned remain mentioned only .. none is done .. this is the second turn that we missed, since yesterday about to get down to the lake ..
Thick mist covered the less-traveled route
The route we took was on the high side .. higher than the Simalem .. even at 10am, there still thick mist on that area that day .. at one spot we were barely see the road .. the distance view less than 10m .. i pull over to the roadside when i saw some safe spot .. we wait sometime to give-way the cloud to pass .. i don't want to miss another junction to Silalahi no more .. and know what .. we almost missed it too .. god bless GPS .. mistakes happened for reasons .. a good thing from mistake is a lesson .. learned the lesson will lessen the mistake taken and making in the future ..
Silahilahi beach - calm and windy
Silahilahi is a local tourism spot with beautiful and scenic view .. the beach is clean, the traditional village is calm .. the temperature is not as cold as the losmen area we slept last nite .. and no hot shower provided .. the supply is fresh direct waterfall from the mountain .. over refreshing .. but here down by the lake, it's cool and perfect to set up a tent outside .. else you could spent the night at the losmen by the local villager ..
Sun was set for the Toba that day
We continued the journey to Tele .. climbing up Pondom back to the main route, Seribudolok .. from here it is about 70km via main road and took around 1 hour 45 minutes to reach the destination .. after previous mistakes was learned this time we become smarter .. i become smarter .. we detour from the main course using the alternative short cut way .. from 70km to 50km (can refer Google for the alternatives) .. that's a huge cut, thanks to the navigator heart beat and feeling .. but the cut claimed another hour of our riding time .. deep cuts instead ...
Location - Danao Toba, Sumatra
