a visit to Toba Lake on 21-24 Oct 2010 ....
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Lake Toba (Indonesian: Danau Toba) is a lake and supervolcano, 100 kilometres long and 30 kilometres wide, and 505 metres (1,666 ft) at its deepest point. Located in the middle of the northern part of the Indonesian island of Sumatra with a surface elevation of about 900 metres (2,953 ft), the lake stretches from 2°53′N 98°31′E / 2.88°N 98.52°E to 2°21′N 99°06′E / 2.35°N 99.1°E. It is the largest volcanic lake in the world.[1]
Lake Toba is the site of a supervolcanic eruption that occurred 69,000-77,000 years ago,[2][3][4] a massive climate-changing event. The eruption is believed to have had a VEI intensity of 8. It is believed to be the largest explosive eruption anywhere on Earth in the last 25 million years. According to the Toba catastrophe theory to which some anthropologists and archeologists subscribe, it had global consequences, killing most humans then alive and creating a population bottleneck in Central Eastern Africa and India that affected the genetic inheritance of all humans today.[5] This theory however, has been largely debated as there is no evidence for any other animal decline or extinction, even in environmentally sensitive species.[6] However, it has been accepted that the eruption of Toba led to a volcanic winter with a worldwide decline in temperatures between 3-5 degrees C, and up to 15 degrees C in higher latitudes.
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4days3night spend as below
Day1
1. arrived Medan
- driver is ready for us
- the driver skill must be really good, the road are small, but they are like driving F1!!!
2. Shooting cows with Mt. Sinabung (another Volcano recently erupts) as background
- so close to the Volcano ... we were late for the sunset as day light end bit early
- not really good weather
- but the experience look at the volcano is different
[reserve pic]
Day2
1. Sunrise at Mt Sibayak
- 45minutes hike...
- hiking on volcano is real good experience
- the sound of the pressure from the ground just amazing
- the sulfuk smell ...
- not a perfect sunrise but the experience let me vote this as best of the trip....and I think I fall in love with volcano
2. driving from North Toba Lake
- meet up Indonesia Photographers
- the lake just amazing
- again, driving here is not fun ... if you plan to drive. Please get ready of it
3. great sunset at Balige.
- a bad weather
- no one expect to have good sunset
- but sky change dramatically... every like WOW ...
- most beautiful sky among the trip
- people here very much depend on the lake even water source.....
4. great dinner at Toba Art
- meeting Indonesia photographers, media, artist ...
- they are all here celebrate Pesta Toba
- the dinner was GREAT .. the fish is delicious
Day 3
1. Sunrise Tara Bunga & Dolok Tolong in the morning
- but again weather was bad
- the view make me decide , I will go again !!!
2. the ferry ride to Samosir
- good experience , ~45minutes on a lake ... with car on the ferri .. wow
- to park yours' car while in the ferry... judge yourselve rather listen to the guide :D
3. shooting human interest near Pangururan
- weather is not good
- but here is another place , make be say "I will be coming back again !"
- people here peace, friendly, they play without worry .....
![... bath ... [18sx]](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4061/5117140517_a93f67fdca.jpg)
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Toba Lake 2010 | Liewwk
