Buy me a coffee: bit.ly/3Le6Ex8 PART 1: Medan Surprise: kzread.info/dash/bejne/kaato5mznZPSdbQ.html PART 2: Road To Toba: kzread.info/dash/bejne/e5Okj7KFgdKbc7A.html PART 3: Tuk Tuk Samosir: kzread.info/dash/bejne/d5N8sZaLdtaZo9Y.html PART 4: TOP Beach in Asia: kzread.info/dash/bejne/jIl5x6huoayuY9I.html PART 5: Kaldera Escape! kzread.info/dash/bejne/i6BrvMmGm5ece5s.html Flights: bit.ly/3STHLvf Hotels: www.agoda.com/hotels-near-lake-toba/attractions/pematangsiantar-id.html?cid=1898974

@kathybaker6334

Жыл бұрын

All ways watch till the end Love ur vids!

@mataarie6998

Жыл бұрын

Try to visit the neighbour.....Aceh province. It has a lot of the peaceful & beautiful beaches. Aceh is not like you read on mainstream medias 😊

@SideTripLife

Жыл бұрын

Will visit Aceh upcoming for sure

@SideTripLife

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Kathy!

As I sit here in South Carolina, watching you at "Carolina Cottages," I want to thank you for opening my eyes (in all of your video series) to this amazing part of Indonesia! I admit, I would have NEVER had this on my travel list, until your videos!

@SideTripLife

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Kris. Love S Carolina accents btw but here they pronounce Carolina as 'CarolEEna' but still Carolina by any name

Indonesia was chosen no1 as the most beautiful country in the world by Forbes 2022..and has 17,000 islands..hopefully the Indonesian government can maximize the tourism potential of each island

@rolandet

Жыл бұрын

18000+ even !

@status.whatsa09

Жыл бұрын

Beautiful country tapi banyak sampah 🤣

For sure an underrated and less popular/visited destination. So great...it's changes!!

Just completed a trip to Java late December, cut short by my wife dislocating her shoulder outside of Surabaya, so went looking for another Indonesian adventure not as strenuous so as not to alarm her as she is understandably a bit gun shy. Stumbled across your vlog and must say it is one of the better travel vlogs I have seen, love how you let the places do the talking and you are not front and centre. Narration is very good, respect for local business, showing their contact info is really a great initiative and I rarely see that from content providers. Your Lake Toba series has been remarkable and we are now looking to book another Indonesian getaway featuring Lake Toba (along with Mt Bromo that we missed out on after the accident) this August. We want to get there before it becomes Bali - ised if you know what I mean. Indonesia is so big however the only thing we ever see about Indonesia in Australia is Bali. Thanks

@SideTripLife

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Geoff. As you say, so much more to Indonesia than Bali. I think you and your wife would love Lake Toba and August should be perfect. Enjoy! STL

So good to see a part of the world that is rarely explored. Adding this place to the bucket list as we speak!

Loved the video! Lake Toba is absolutely on my bucket list of must visit places. So beautiful and charming. P.S Do not shorten your videos as they are excellent.

@SideTripLife

Жыл бұрын

Cheers Graham, appreciated. STL

Sure is some pretty countryside and some great driving roads!

@SideTripLife

Жыл бұрын

Really is

According tO Forbes and money,uk Indonesia is the NO 1 most beautiful country 2022 cz Indonesia have everything ..even as tropical country Indonesia have snow in puncak jaya wijaya Papua ..but sadly the snow slowly gone per year..If NORTH Sumatera beautiful every where Indonesia defenetly never ending beauty…

Thanks again love your format highly informative fabulous eye candy shots and very respectful. Anyway as a born and raised BCer the lake Toba area just seems so similar to home.This would be my kind of place to retire perfect microclimate and lovely locals.Cheers

Truly amazing and inspiring series - the master of detail and presentation hits a new level - Many Thanks 🙏 👌👋

@SideTripLife

Жыл бұрын

Thank you ANT

wow..just wow...

Looks so peaceful. Want to move. Have a great day. Happy New Year 2023. Cheers.?😊

I have watched many of your side trips but I have to say your Tuk Tuk series is awe inspiring. Breathtakingly beautiful.

@SideTripLife

Жыл бұрын

thank you!

One of my friends goes to Lake toba frequently for holidays and now I see why. I've loved this series

Is that a retirement eligible destination? all year warm not hot or cold weather, extreme cheap, excellent english, super natural scenery...

Another great video, all the way to the end!😊

What a beautiful scenery, simply wonderfull!! 🥹👍

@SideTripLife

8 ай бұрын

Lake Toba is just pure magic

JUST WOW is a understatement! Nice work as usual STL! Hope you lose your frog soon.

I was at lake Toba 30 Years ago and it was quiet messy. To much garbage and the waste water was discharged into the lake. Good to see that a lot has changed

hi.. yep nice place for sure,, great views .. lovely friendly people .. kool vid,, well done 👍😀🙏

@SideTripLife

Жыл бұрын

Cheers Andy

What a Beautiful Place STL....... Why did you not tell me about this place 20 years ago??? I would surly have gone to live there.... And never left..... Great series of Videos Young Man...... Cheers.... :-))) xxxx

Another lovely video! Even though we live here, we still get so excited to see all the familiar places in your vids - the colours really pop from your GoPro! Also great to see Daniel's familiar face - he's such a nice guy and an excellent guide. Can highly recommend him to anyone looking for a tour here in Toba or beyond. Look forward to the next one!

@SideTripLife

Жыл бұрын

Thx guys! Nice of you to give Daniel a plug, he really is a super nice guy and his wife is lovely also (+best Beef Rendang;) Here's another plug- Anyone wanting to see Lake Toba and Sumatra from a local perspective, pls see Agung & Carly's excellent channel. Horas!

I’ve stayed at the same hotel about 15 years ago, unfortunately due to work commitments not long enough to explore the area that your doing now, so very jealous. Really appreciate all the work you put into your vlogs, always wanted to go back and discover more. So thanks for showing us what we’re missing 😎

@SideTripLife

Жыл бұрын

Nice, thanks Roy. Love your vids as well. Cheers, STL

Just when I thought 'wow, this may as well be Austria', there you go with the Julie Andrews reference :)

Incredible, so beautiful and yes memories of OK. Noticed the change in your voice, sore throat, same here for me, YUK.!! Feel better. Feel better, look forward to next. Cheers R

@SideTripLife

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Rudy, all the best

Fabulous series. Never been to this part of Indonesia. Going to have to correct that...

Great videos as always, I never get tired or bored watching them

Please keep doing this. Love your vids.

Hi there, I`m watching all times till the end. You make all vids so great! Thanks for sharing all the infos and so nice pictures. Take care! see you

@SideTripLife

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching to the end, much appreciated!

thanks for a great video

Very nice video 👍🏻🙏🏻

Thanks for the views , does look like parts of East BC,

Thanks for visiting this place. It is now been added to my list of future destination.

Looks absolutely amazing!! The kind of place to go for a big detox from normal life. Thanks Sidie!

@SideTripLife

Жыл бұрын

Thanks David, it really is!

Yea you are lucky too. BC is a beautifull province. I traveled by bus from Vancouver to Calgary. The view was fantastic. I wanted to see Manitoba because it sounds like Toba. I used to joke, I came from Lake Toba, I miss it but now I have lake Many Toba instead :)

Another wonderful video showcasing this beautiful area, thank you. aka JG in TX.

Great vid, watched to the end.

@SideTripLife

Жыл бұрын

Nice one Rob, appreciated!

Come to balige city in lake toba,you can see *F1H2O* 24-26 february.Speedboat racing world will be followed 18 country,if you don't believe,check in youtube or google Its only 2 hours from tuk tuk samosir

Nice video

New subscriber...Love, love, love this video series. I'm living vicariously thru you! Keep it up! ❤

@SideTripLife

Жыл бұрын

Thank you :)

Like the music from the video very much! Thanks

How these Toba vids have not gone viral is beyond me. Location is mental AF!

@SideTripLife

6 ай бұрын

Toba is simply amazing. Unfortunately majority of my subs are Thailand condos/beaches/deals type viewers and don't watch outside of that scope. Compounding this, YT only recommends vids IF one's own viewers are watching (95% of vid views come from YT 's suggested/up next etc videos). Thus, most of my Indo series get few views comparatively (at least I thoroughly enjoyed filming them :) STL

@timkdiamond

6 ай бұрын

@@SideTripLife So many vloggers are in it for the piece-to-camera when really the emphasis should be on what's in front of you when you go to a place. Great thing about your stuff is how you capture it with the realtime voice over and then smash it together in the edit. Makes for a good viewing pace. Really well done.

Great video, but miss the parrot at the opening. Been watching for 3 years and your voice has changed. Von Trapp family was from Austria, not Switzerland.

I don’t remember swimming when I was in Toba 20 yrs ago! I think that’s where I bought a few wood carvings though, so beautiful 👌😎

Your "Toba" videos are the best place I've seen. I've watched them over and over and I long to go there. Oh I want to go.

@SideTripLife

10 ай бұрын

I want to go BACK too!

Brilliant views congrats STL

@SideTripLife

Жыл бұрын

Thanks TGE 👍

Hiya STL. Your videos always have beautiful content. Love watching your adventures. You sound a little under the weather. Do you suffer from hay fever?. I hope you are keeping well. Then you put subs to say you have a sore throat. Love the drone footage. Epic views on your ride. Teletubbies hills. You will be a pro before you know it. Do you ever worry? Flying it too far away from you?. Gorgeous views. Julie Andrews. 🤣You're not wrong. Gorgeous sunset. The food is so cheap. Great video. Have a wonderful weekend.

@SideTripLife

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Nicky. Scratchy throat thing, just the elevation change, felt fine otherwise. Good to see you n Buddy out in some UK sunshine in your latest vids, enjoy!

@NickyDunn

Жыл бұрын

@@SideTripLife Good to hear. Thank you. Have a great weekend

Thanks for sharing the beautiful Lake Toba STL 💙 What an amazing journey 👌👏 #northsumatera #sumateraisland #wonderfulindonesia

@SideTripLife

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure & more to follow (thanks for coming along :)

Thanks for these videoes. The lake is amazing. It reminds me my hometown where the lake was clean decades ago. Again thank you for bringing such wonderful episodes of the lake.

@SideTripLife

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for viewing, glad you enjoyed it

I just don't know what to say except beautiful 😍

I always watch to the end!! LOL Right now I'm watching from Koh Samui thanks to you. You've become my travel planner.

@SideTripLife

Жыл бұрын

Cheers! (& 'that crazy uncle' still my fav channel name lol;)

Definitely reminiscent of the Okanagan.

Side trip..you read my mind..lol when we were watching your video I mentioned to my wife that it looks a lot like my hometown of Kelowna..very beautiful scenery..great vlog.

@SideTripLife

Жыл бұрын

Thx and yep, shade's of Kelowna too!

16-25c all year round? perfect climate!!

Mauliate godang bang, it means "thank you very much brother" Love your vlog. Very informative.

@SideTripLife

8 ай бұрын

Mauliate godang bang :):)

STUNNING! I ENJOYED MY STAY IN ITALY...HOWEVER YOUR TRIPS ARE MORE "INTUNED TO MY INTREST". YOU ARE LIVING' MY LIFE😳!

@SideTripLife

Жыл бұрын

Italy looks lovely as is my home country Canada but crazy expensive

Dutchie here! Nice video, been following since 2019.

@SideTripLife

Жыл бұрын

Thanks The Dude! Been following you since The Big Lebowski lol. Btw, many tour ppl speak Dutch at Lake Toba

Great video, thanks.i believe you can access the plateau in the center of samisir island?on bike or foot ,not sure.

@SideTripLife

Жыл бұрын

Thanks David. Yes, there's a boat back to Samosir Island near Bukit Holbung (the 'teletubbies' mtn in the vid;) and you can bring your bike. But as it was getting late and that overland route takes longer, I booked it back via the coastal route.

Very talented you are Mr.STL. thanks for another great video. I wonder if silangit or Toba would have sea plane/small plane flight to telo islands in southern coast of north Sumatera, would be perfect combination right? Palm fringe tranquil and quiet island with calm caldera lake of Toba in short flight. Paradise.

@SideTripLife

Жыл бұрын

Thanks. Didn't see any float planes but love your utopia concept

Nice one mate……

@SideTripLife

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Rob

I stayed in an old batak house like that when i was there 20 yrs ago. Simple but cute…I think it cost $4 cad

Hello from Summerland. For sure looks like the Okanagan. I think I even seen some Pine trees mixed in with the Palm trees lol. We leave for Chiang Mai for a month Feb 8th, really excited. We haven't been back to Thailand since the Pandemic. Will you be back to Thailand in the near future? Enjoy the rest of your adventure. Safe travels.

@SideTripLife

Жыл бұрын

Thanks and hello in lovely Summerland. Yes, new Thailand beaches series coming, have a stay tuned... PS: LOVE Chiangmai, enjoy! kzread.info/dash/bejne/iJeFyJRwabLYe5M.html

Got some South American vibes in the last part of this video.

Thanks! Do they require 19 Vac for entry to the country ! Thank you for you suoer videos !

@SideTripLife

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Karl! Yes they do but they've just reduced other restrictions recently so would keep an eye on new announcements upcoming.

@karltraveldude7817

Жыл бұрын

@@SideTripLife Thank you STL !

agree,look like in switzerland

Oh man, that meal at Samuel's...

@SideTripLife

Жыл бұрын

Not only the food, Daniel & family such nice people as well :)

Watched until 24:00 ;-) That island would be so cool to live for a year or so.

@SideTripLife

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Hey STL! What action cam do you have? love ur style

@SideTripLife

Жыл бұрын

Thx. Mainly use my 2 year old android phone and gopro for bike travel

@Escapeists

Жыл бұрын

@@SideTripLife oh perfect, thanks alot!

How steep are the hills when motorbiking?

@SideTripLife

Жыл бұрын

Not bad except the last bit with the sheer drop had a steep incline, breath taking views though.

i like these vids so much better than the boom cha boom cha boom cha vids of the edm music scene and drunken craziness. i'm just expressing my opinion, i know other people probably prefer the young drunken crowds of dance bars and stuff. anyway, good vid and good on ya for moving that rock. you might have saved someone the hassle of starting a go fund me

@SideTripLife

Жыл бұрын

Cheers Dave

Good party last night? your voice change :D

@rolandet

Жыл бұрын

Think he caught a cold on the island

@SideTripLife

Жыл бұрын

naaaa, just a scratchy throat from elevation change

Your voice seems different 🤔

The end.

@SideTripLife

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Harley!

F1 PowerBoat,lake Toba,Febuary 24-26 2023,,,😂

@SideTripLife

Жыл бұрын

Berisik ;)

@simplyyank1119

Жыл бұрын

@@SideTripLife pretty good reason to go to Tangkahan or bukit lawang for 3 days then, isn't that STL?🙂

@SideTripLife

Жыл бұрын

coming up

what's it cost to rent a small car per day there.

@SideTripLife

Жыл бұрын

At Lake Toba most get car + driver approx $60. Or, in Medan can rent a car from $20 (see Traveloka site) and self drive but not for the faint hearted...

Look at you getting all these views on KZread. Only a month or two ago you were worried about it.

Great vids ! But this doesn't tick my box's . its like the lake district in the UK with palm trees in fact no palm trees! Its the worst place you've been to

@SideTripLife

Жыл бұрын

Thx & fair enuff. Majority of my subs are from my Thai beach series thus few are watching now, sadly. However, I thoroughly enjoyed filming here and could happily stay in idyllic Lake Toba for a year or more (btw there's beautiful palm trees surrounding where I stayed;) Cheers

@dotted8-

Жыл бұрын

I’m with you, like to spend a lot of time there. I prefer these to the Thai episodes; it just proves, different strokes for different folks.

Why do you sound so different ? Something about your mic?

@SideTripLife

Жыл бұрын

Just a scratchy throat going from extreme heat to relatively chill in higher elevation

SO...HOW ARE YOU CHARGING EVERYTHING...I KNOW THE ELECTRICALS ARE DIFFERENT...?

@SideTripLife

Жыл бұрын

Yep. Can see in vid 1 of the series: kzread.info/dash/bejne/kaato5mznZPSdbQ.html

that spot looks boring.... why would I travel all the way there for that....

@SideTripLife

Жыл бұрын

For most the chill factor and slow pace is a main part pf the attraction. For others perhaps this may appeal: kzread.info/dash/bejne/oIB90bl_YtXTcdo.html (personally still prefer 'boring' Toba lol;)

Hello from CA & thanks 4 great video on Lake Toba, esp Samuel's restaurant and more details about tour. Wish u would have included Carly & Agung. Take care. Indonesians believe symptoms of cold are caused by "masuk angin" or wind entering your body & making you sick. If you feel comfortable, try a local remedy such "coin massage".

Hello, loving this series Tuk Tuk looked like our kinda place. We have some news we would like to share with you. I couldn't see a Instagram account linked, if you could send us a message on ours if had time for a quick chat. Anyway if you don't want to we totally understand, love the Vlogs and your travels.

@SideTripLife

Жыл бұрын

Hi guys, For Riel or Cambodia news ? Hope it's good news either way. My email can be found by clicking 'about'. Cheers!