Trip to Medan Day 4

Nothing much on Day 4 since the whole morning me and my parents packing our luggage after breakfast...

In Day 3 as we all know Uncle Nik and Guntur went back to Malaysia that night..without them the journey was not that exciting..true story!hehehe

Around noon me and my parents went out for light lunch at Sun Plaza and walked around the mall..the mall only 10 minutes from our hotel so its not that far and i saw this bag and it was awesome but then after second thought i decided not to buy it but instead my mum bought a bag well apparently they want to buy it for me..that time my heart was at that other bag..at last my dad bought that bag for my mum...so in another word ' mu mum bought new bag'..hahaha

While waited for shuttle coach to send us to airport..usually every hotel have their own shuttle to send their guest to airport for free! but you have to inform bell boy counter a day before in advanced..and just leaved the luggage at the counter, only bring the important stuff..oh FYI my mum finally bought new album Wali Band..she's kinda fanatic with this band and kept singing on and on everyday..

Thats all about my trip to Medan guys...

Me and my mum

That is our shuttle to airport, looks like van/MPV 

My mum request to play Wali Band songs

Bon voyage Medan

Trip to Medan Day 3

Day 2 was the hectic day of all since we all walked so much that i can feel my foot begging to stop..in Day 2 me and my parents and Uncle Nik and Guntur went out for dinner at Garuda House..we first planned to have dinner at Mendailing because of mis-communication with the driver Angkota lastly we end up at Garuda House..we went back to hotel room by riding Bentor which is Beca Motor..it is the same trishaw that you guys found in Malacca but here it was upgraded using motorcycle instead of bicycle..i think Malaysia should have this to the trishaw otherwise i will pity the old man cycled the trishaw while im just finish eating and start to bloated and become heavier..i can imagine what does it looks like to watch that old skinny man cycle with their effort..damn! More journey of Day 2..

Uncle Nik negotiating with the driver Bentor

In Day 3, as usual after morning breakfast around 9 am we started our journey to all of the malls in Medan by riding Bentor..sort of i think..im pretty sure they only have 3 malls in Medan or so was i thought..we went by 3 Bentor..first Bentor, my mum and dad and second Bentor, me and Uncle Nik and last Bentor,Guntur on his own..but nothing much to see anyway in the mall..just a bunch of clothes that making me want to scream! after that we went back to Pasar Ikan Lama and strolled back to the shops there and my mum bought more kain telekung and kain telekung for kids, one for aira and one for sophie..the kids telekung is the cutest..with dots of Strawberries..

For lunch, we went to Mendailing yess finally! we went there by Angkota and they served so many many dishes like almost 20 dishes on the table and its feels like i have to hold my plate to eat..that shows how many of the dishes..and eventually there are some rules to eat Padang cuisine..

"Only take what you want to eat"

Why? because if you eat the dishes, they charge the price depends on the dishes you ate...either it is finish or you just take little bit, it will charges as you ate the whole dishes in the plate..

So my tips are:

1- Decide what dishes you want to eat

2- The dishes that you dont want to eat, put it aside 

    or ask the waiter/waiters to pick them up.

3- Never touches the dishes that you dont want to eat

4- Finish up the dishes that you choose

That night, Uncle Nik and his assistant went back to Malaysia while me and my parents had our dinner at the restaurant in the hotel..

The traffic was like crazy man!

Uncle Nik and Guntur negotiate price

Full of dishes

After deciding what to eat

Trip to Medan Day 2

Day 2 on the journey in Medan..BTW we went around by riding Angkota which the real name is Angkot Kota means picking up to the city..actually the same kind of tuk tuk but they called it differently in Indonesia..its a sort of a van with big stereo and fits lots of people, seriously packed!!..its one of the transports here other than taxi as taxi cost triple but its cozy and chilled...anyway if you want the adventurous i definitely recommend to ride Angkota, it just worth to try..who ever missed my Day 1 to Medan..

Second day, we went walking by foot to the shop from couples of block from our hotel...okay fine! not couples of block but so many blocks okay and so far away we been walking...we started walking in the morning as planned after breakfast at the hotel...as usual i had that conversation with Uncle Nik...about food silly! hahaha well its kinda funny and really knowledgeable information to talk to someone with experience while i only have the knowledge..it really does open my eyes on certain things..like we were talking about tea which the orange pekoe is the most expensive tea, shape like a ball and when you poured hot water its will eventually open like a flower bloom..that is priceless experience man!

We walked and walked while enjoying the view in the city...well to be honest..its not mainly the view of the city but the view of the shops that sold many clothes and also kain batik and stuff...hehehe and that time we walked passed through Dian Pelangi Boutique..and all of the sudden, out from nowhere Uncle Nik searched for baju batik to wear for formal occasion..and this idea pop up in my mind 'Let go to the next boutique' which the next in line was Dian Pelangi Boutique...hehehe and they all agree..we went in to the boutique and i was like i need to buy something here..and the owner of the boutique, Ibu Rina shown me the dresses and the outerwear and asked me to try it on...its kinda awkward though because she was like really wanted me to buy as if she knows that i really want to buy it...so lastly my money burn and fly to that cashier..she does gave good price since i bought unusual batik outerwear and Uncle Nik bought unusual pattern of baju batik..she gave us 15% discount or in Indonesian the called Diskon..so both of it cost 1 million rupees..

So that was the story i burn up my money in just few seconds..true story though..haha

That night, we went to Garuda House for Padang style dinner..the place was the cleanliness restaurant i ever seen and it was well maintained..the food there also quite nice..we went back to hotel room and rest all night..

Angkota, yellow van

Dian Pelangi batik outerwear