On the island of Sumatra in Indonesia, about a four- to six-hour bus ride from the city of Medan, there is a lake called Toba. This is a hotspot for Chinese tourists during Chinese New Year, and for ...

and Lake Toba is easiest to reach from the city of Medan in northern Sumatra. Despite the fact that it's only 133 miles from Medan to Samosir Island, the trip takes nearly five hours due to ...

Budiawan, the head of the search and rescue agency in the nearby city of Medan, said the overcrowded ... The 1,145-square kilometer (440-square mile) Lake Toba, formed out of an ancient super ...

The Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation (JPIC) office of the Capuchins in Medan, North Sumatra, issued a strong appeal ...

The 440-square-mile Lake Toba, formed out of an ancient super volcano ... Hisar Turnit, a spokesman for the search and rescue agency in nearby Medan, said three deaths were confirmed after ...

LAKE TOBA, Indonesia — The ground still occasionally ... Access to the lake is limited, connected to the provincial capital Medan by a windy one-lane mountain road patrolled by scores of macaque ...

Medan. “Lake Toba is known internationally. This tourism needs to be supported, and it absorbs more labor force than any other sector.” A postcard-style image of a sunrise over the lake ...

The government is currently making all-out efforts to accelerate the development of road infrastructure, including a railway line from the city of Medan to Lake Toba, where visitors can sit back, ...

even though the travel time from Medan, North Sumatra’s capital, to Lake Toba was cut from four hours to one hour after the opening of an international airport at Silangit in 2017. Since tourism ...