Rabu, 27 Juni 2012

Welcome To Lake Toba

Welcome to Lake Toba! A trip to North Sumatra, or Indonesia for that matter, would not be complete without a visit to the beautiful and world’s largest volcanic lake – Lake Toba. Lake Toba is 100 kilometres long and 30 kilometres wide, and 505 metres at its deepest level. Lake Toba formed in a volcanic eruption around 75,000 years ago and was the largest in 25 million years. The volcanic blast was so large it deposited ash up to 15 cm all over India and up to 9 meters in Malaysia. Most of the plant and animal life across Asia was wiped out in the explosion. Lakte Toba is a beautiful and unique place to visit in Indonesia. It is just a few hours drive from Indonesia’s third largest city Medan. Medan has flights from Kuala Lumpur,...