Up at sunrise for a wash in the lake. We weren’t alone and it was quite a toothbrushing, lathering group. Breakfast of a banana pancake and then a hike along the lake. Many people were staying in traditional Batak houses consisting of a large room covered with a distinctive roof and standing on poles.
Lake Toba traditional houses
The front “triangle” is elaborately carved and painted in black, white and brown. Those houses were nice but due to the small windows don’t have the view our room has.
In the afternoon we napped and read and drank pineapple coolers at the Carolina Hotel. They have electricity and a blender, unlike our hotel, and for 30 cents will put a big hunk of pineapple in the blender and pulverize it into thick juice – mmmm.
In the evening we went to a pig roast. Some people who came on the bus with us bought a pig (we all chipped in) and then roasted it. We stuffed ourselves – about 15 of us – and there was enough left over for the hotel owner’s family and friends. The pig was stuffed with pineapples, bananas, potatoes and onions and roasted on a spit over a charcoal fire.
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