After our time in the jungle, the Stanleys and I headed for the beach. We went as far north as you can go in Sumatra, to an island called Pulau Weh. It was a very long and interesting journey.
We started our trip from Bukit Lawang at 2pm, when we were picked up by a motorbike, from our accommodation and driven to a shared taxi (a car that we shared with two tourists from Estonia) in the village. The shared taxi dropped us off at the bus stop in Binjai. The bus stop was a desk and a sign on the side of the road. Next we got on a bus that drove to Banda Aceh, at the top of Sumatra. We were in the bus from 5:30pm until 6:30am the next morning, with a 30 minute stop for dinner at 9pm. The seats on the bus recline back a bit and every seat has a cushion and a blanket. It wasn't very comfortable though. The most annoying part was that the air conditioner kept dripping on me. In the end I put my head under my blanket so I didn't get wet. I did get some sleep, but not very much.
From the bus stop in Banda Aceh, the Stanleys and I caught a taxi to the harbour. I bought a ticket for the slow ferry. There are two ferries, the slow ferry and the fast ferry. The slow ferry leaves the harbour at 8am and takes 90 minutes. The fast ferry leaves the harbour at 9am and takes 45 minutes. I decided the slow ferry was better because we arrived at the harbour before 7am and the slow ferry wss also cheaper. At 8:45 when the slow ferry hadn't moved, we got off and bought a ticket for the fast ferry. When we arrived at the harbour in Pulau Weh, we got a motorbike with a sidecar from the harbour to Ibioh Beach. We arrived at about 11am.
Can you work out how long it took to get from Bukit Lawang to Ibioh on Pulau Weh?
How many different types of transport did we take?
The markers start light and get darker in order of the places we went on our journey.
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| Maria and Mika, from Finland who I met on the ferry, on their way to Ibioh. |
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| The view from our bungalow. |
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| Our bungalow |
Different views from the bungalow
Snorkeling in front of the bungalow
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| My favourite fruit salad |
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| Mamamia's the restaurant (on the right) where I got my favourite fruit salad. |
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| The Stanleys were pretty excited about Mamamia's chocolate and coconut pancakes. |
I hired a motorbike with Bram (a Dutch tourist) and went for a tour around the island.
There is more than transport on these roads.
What can you spot?
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| The most northern point in Sumatra. Lots of tourists get their photos taken here. |
Getting distracted while trying to update the blog...
Our trip from Ibioh to the ferry. We left before 7am but there are lots of children on their way to school.
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| The slow ferry we took to Banda Aceh |
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