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(My Travel Series) August 2010 Day 3 Tomorrow morning we're going to go back to Jakarta, so today was our last day exploring north Sumatra. In our way back to Medan, we stopped at a vintage coffee shop named Toko Sedap. This place is popular for its custard apple jam or  selai srikaya (in bahasa) . We ordered custard apple jam toasts with a cup of coffee. I didn't drink the coffee but according to people who drank it, the coffee tasted nice and very suitable with the toast.  For me the taste of the toast was not special, but my mom loved it so much. She even brought some custard apple jam home. However, I always love to eat in a place with history. It made me imagine how was this place look like in its era. It wasn't so hard to imagine because I think they are never re-design the facade, interior, the cup or the dish. When we ate the bread, some people around us ate noodles that look very tasty. My sister and I asked my mom's friend where to...

(My Travel Series) August 2010 Day 3 The best thing about visiting a place with local friends is the unique experience we can get. In our third day, my family and I visited a fish farm in the lake Toba. The fish farm is belongs to my mom's friend who accompanies us in this trip.  She told us about types of fishes they breed and the fishery business in lake Toba. Unfortunately, I wasn't remember any of it because I was too busy thinking about what will happen if I fell into the lake. When I was a kid, my mom told me that my grandpa went to the lake Toba and he saw a big mysterious creature like Nessy. She made me believe it might be true because lake Toba is an ancient lake and nobody really know what is inside.  While I was focused on my walk and tried hard not to fall, my sister,  Lala , somehow were able to took many lovely photos. Even though, I am not a big fan of walking in a floating deck, but I think this is a very uniqu...