At 6am local time Nic and I woke up and
washed up before heading to the restaurant for our breakfast. The
breakfast was better than the last, with fried meehoon, fried rice,
chicken porridge, salads, toasts, fruits and coffee. Again, no
creamer or milk was provided for the coffee, which was weird
considering that milk was provided for our coffee the previous night
at the bar. After the breakfast, some of us went to the swimming pool
for more photos of Lake Toba.
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| Pool with an amazing view |
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| Last look at Lake Toba |
We left the hotel and headed back to
Medan. The temperature was getting hotter as we reached lower ground.
Before arriving in the city, we stopped at the Paten Shop for its
various snacks with names like Tang-Tang, Teng-Teng, Ting-Ting,
Tong-Tong, Pang-Pang and Pong-Pong. We sampled all of the snacks and
bought quite a few of them.
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| Paten shop |
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| So many snacks!! |
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| Which one would you choose? |
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| Tasting... |
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| Still tasting... |
Our last stop before the Medan airport
was the Medan Mall, where we arrived around 1pm local time. We walked
around the mall and were separated into several groups. We were
looking for a place to have lunch and were indecisive about what to
eat. In the end, me, Stuart, Jusman, Carrie, Krystle, Sandra and
Deepa settled at Pizza Hut, about 50 minutes after we arrived at the
mall. It then took us another 10-15 minutes to decide what to eat,
while Krystle was anxious about shopping before we had to leave.
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| Medan Mall |
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| Can't decide what to eat |
After the meal, we headed to the back
of the mall looking for traditional and hand-made products to buy. We
were somewhat disappointed as all we saw were clothing. Desperate to
spend off the remaining Rupiahs we have, we bought coffees, snacks
and accessories. I still ended up with over 50,000-60,000 Rupiahs
when we had to leave at 3pm local time.
Shortly after we reached the airport
and collected our Kek Lapis we ordered earlier. [It was after we were
on the plane that we found out only those who ordered the 2kg have
the Kek Lapis while those with 1kg had a different cake]. After
checking in, we found out there were a lot of souvenir shops in there
and all of us were able to finish spending our money. As scheduled we
left Indonesia at 5.25pm local time.
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| Key chains bought from the airport |
During flight, we were informed that it
was raining in KL. And sure enough, we saw dark clouds when we almost
reached Malaysia. We touched down at 7.20pm and it was pouring. We
got a bit wet but I don’t think anyone complained as we arrived
safely despite the heavy rain and we had a good trip.
It has been a week since then and
everyone was still busy uploading their photos on Facebook. And I
only just finished drafting and writing this blog post on the next
Sunday. I do hope that I got the details right. This trip was easily
another memorable company trip after Perhentian. I hope there
will be another island or overseas trip next, even if I have to wait
for another two years.
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