Moving on from Medan

I have been living in Medan for the past two months and decided that I want to see more of Indonesia. My visa is expiring so I need to make a dash for Penang and hopefully get a Social visa which will allow me to stay here for six months without having to leave the country.

I am looking forward to eating some good Indian food in Penang and stocking up on some English books. Most travelers pass through Medan on their way to Lake Toba or Bukit Lawang but I think it is worth staying for a few days and to be honest it wouldn’t be a bad place to live as an expat. The food is good and it is cheap to live.

When I get back from Malaysia I am planning to travel through Java to Bali, Lombok and the Gili Islands. Perhaps staying in Bali for a while and taking some trips to Kalimantan and Sulawesi, which should be a bit of an adventure.

Medan has some beautiful old buildings which I hope the city tries to preserve

Medan has some beautiful old buildings which I hope the city tries to preserve

1 Comment »

  1. pPamela Said,

    May 2, 2009 @ 1:24 am

    Hi,
    Interested to know how you are going to get around the social visa situation where you have to extend at the original port of call every 30 days. If you are going to get someone to presetn your passport to immigration then that means you will be travelling without a passport-a very tricky and risky venture to do this in Indonesia.
    I have been in situations where I was asked by the police for my passport and if I didn’t have on me I would have been in heaps of trouble Thank God I always carry it with me all the time.
    Pamela

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