For this last day trip starts at 08.00 am, and is planned to be back again until 17.00. If you intend to circle Lake Lut Tawar, go between 07.00, because the journey takes a long time, and make sure you do not miss the unique and interesting places around the lake, and will not move too fast. Well, on the way this last day, Me and my friends stop by the beautiful relaxing place, Mendale. In Mendale you will find a house in front of which there are tree cafes, tree cafes? Yes, the cafe on which there is a big tree standing upright, and you can stand on it.
From here you have a vast view to perpetuate community activities in Lake Lut Tawar. We can capture mountains, lakes, people fishing by boat and so on while enjoying hot coffee and instant noodles. Incidentally not on a holiday day, ie Monday, so not many visitors who come here, and can freely move, set up a tripod without anyone disturbed by my activities.
About 15-20 minutes, I went to the next destination. On my friend's journey I pointed out there was a cave where once there was a princess living inside, the cave was named Princess Pukes Cave. To enter here, Rp 5000 is charged for children and adults Rp 10,000. When entering the cave, different air stings the body, feels cold, silent and peaceful, different when outside the cave. In the cave is not too broad, but you can go to the site that I think because of changes in the structure inside the cave, some objects are not shaped like it should.
We leave the cold cave, the journey continues until I ask my friends to stop at a particular spot that is interesting in my eyes, then I immediately take some photos that you can see below.
When it was 12:00, the journey was still long, we arrived at a village called Bintang village. The location of this village facing the front of Takengon city, the village is not crowded in Takengon city, here we can see the lake closely. Here you will find some food places to fill your empty stomach, and take a break before continuing half way again. We paused while praying Dzuhur at the local mosque.
It's been 2 days the weather is not supportive, so we shorten the visit in Kampung Bintang, to avoid rain that will come down and can stop to some places along the way. We found a great spot to capture the village of Bintang and I asked my friends to pause.
The rumbling is very close and the rain, so shorten the time to go elsewhere. I arrived in the village named "One One", yak "one one" in the sense of English to Indonesia, but the pronunciation is not in English, but pronounced with the actual word. Here we decided to find a lunch place, and thankfully we found a great place to hang out as well, namely Cafe One One.
it seems very quiet, there is not a single visiting visitor to remove the fatigue and tired, whether it is closed? Maybe it was not the time for the holidays, so we were the only ones who visited the place. Food menu in this cafe quite a lot with a cheap price, yes cheap. Cool place does not make your wallet flower, you can enjoy eating and drinking while looking at the extent of Lake Lut Tawar.
Okay it was already 15:00, our trip was shortened to return to the inn due to unfavorable weather, and arrived at the inn while the rain fell at 17:25. It's hard to finish this trip, but I have promised to come back to this city and re-schedule my next trip. There are still many places I have not visited yet, but can not continue, and there will be a next time for that.
I set off with a soft, comfortable Scania bus at about 7:30 pm which was still raining, accompanied by my friends' family.
If you want to visit in the near future, you do not need to bring a lot of money except for certain things you have planned. The money I spend for 3 days is Rp 500,000, inclusive of return bus fare, meals, drink, entrance fee.