The Lake Toba

The Toba lake was a volcanic lake with the long measurement 100 kilometre and wide 30 kilometre in North Sumatra, Sumatra, Indonesia. In the middle of this lake was gotten a volcanic island was named the Samosir Island. The Toba lake had since long before become the area of the aim of the important tour in North Sumatra apart from the Lawang Hill and Nias, attracted domestic tourists and mancanegara.

Estimated the Toba Lake happened during the explosion around 73,000-75,000 last year and was the eruption supervolcano (the volcano super) that was newest. Bill Rose and Craig Chesner from Michigan Technological University estimated that volcanic materials that were spewed out the mountain totalling 2800km3, with 800km3 the rock ignimbrit and 2000km3 volcanic ash that was estimated was blown the wind to the west for 2 weeks. Volcanic dust that was blown the wind spread to half earths, from China as far as South Africa. His eruption happened for 1 week and his dust throw reached 10 KM on sea level.

This incident caused the mass death and to several species also was followed by the extinction. According to some DNA proof, this eruption also menyusutkan the amount of humankind until approximately 60% from the number of populations of earth humankind at that time that is approximately 60 million humans. The same eruption took part in causing the occurrence of the ice time, although the experts were still debating the matter.

After this eruption, was formed the caldera that afterwards was filled by water and to that now is known as the Toba Lake. The pressure above by magma that did not yet go out caused the Samosir Island emergence.

Sumatera Utara

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Sumatera Utara

North Sumatra had various tourist attractions that ought to be visited by the tourists who visited to the North Sumatran area, and many matters that could be enjoyed by the local tourists and tourists who came from overseas, and in the year beforehand North Sumatra prepared mengahadapi the ASEAN free trade area (AFTA) last 2003, by relying on all the available potentials in North Sumatra, including the Sector of Pariwisatanya. Because of that we must be sure that North Sumatra could match Bali and could be relied on to the international stage, because the North Sumatran location was adjacent to three countries, namely Singapore, Thailand, and Malaysia

Remained that was felt uptil now in relation to the insignificance of means, the infrastructure of the supporter and his human resources. Could be seen by us that in the Airport of Polonia Medan, Belawan the port that was the door Gate to the entry of the foreign tourists, was not closed the possibility asked for the tourists who wanted to visit to North Sumatra so big, but, his promotion strategy was impressed still not all that, so as sometimes sometimes often made tourists lose the passion to come to North Sumatra.

The place - the place that could in visited:

- The Lake Toba

- Berastagi

- Prapat

- Tomok

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Jam Gadang, Bukittinggi

The Gadang hour was the high tower building soared in a grand manner, have a roof typical Minangkabau, was located in the middle of the Bukittinggi city. The Gadang hour to landmark and the Bukittinggi coat-of-arms, was built on the hill that was named the Kandang Kerbau Hill in the Government's Dutch time in 1827 by Contraleur (the Secretary of the City) Rook Maker.

From the peak of our tower could enjoy and witnessed how beautiful is nature around the Bukittinggi city that was decorated Mount Merapi, Gunung Singgalang, Gunung Sago and the Sianok Gorge. Moreover, the Gadang Hour also was useful as the guide to the community around to know time. The matter that was unique at the Gadang Hour was the figure 4 that was written by IIII.

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Benteng Fort de Kock, Bukittinggi

This fortress was built in the peak in the Bukittinggi city in 1825 when the people's opposition happening that was led by Mr I Imam the Protruberance and the Nan Salapan Tiger against the Netherlands.

Around this Fortress still could be seen by us the old gun the period of the XIX Masehi age. This wide place was decorated with the garden as the place of the height witnessed, the Sianok Gorge and surrounding hills were gotten the old gun and the fortress building. This was the best place in Bukittinggi witnessed Sunset.

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Panorama Ngarai Sianok, Bukittinggi

The Sianok gorge was located in the Centre of the Bukittinggi city, lie alongside from South Nagari Koto Gadang continue to to the north, Nagari Sianok Enam Suku and ended in Palupuh in a long manner 15 km, the depth 100 metre and wide 200 metre.

The Sianok gorge or this Pendiam Valley was a beautiful, green and fertile valley, was displayed by him flowed a winding tributary investigated gaps tebing that coloured-warni with the Mount Merapi background and Singgalang that menghijau was nature that enchanted. The uniqueness of this Gorge was easy to be achieved, a Gorge in the centre of the city that was not found in other cities in the world. Beauty of the Sianok Gorge of nature that enchanted that always was immortalised by tourists by taking photographs as well as as the imagination for the painters. The trip explored by going through the footpath in the Gorge valley was interesting recreation, when the trip continued across the Gorge in time your 45 minutes will arrive in Nagari Koto Gadang as Nagari from several people of the leader of the Indonesian nation in part: H.Agus Salim and Emil Salim.

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Lembah Anai, Padang Panjang

The Lembah Anai environment very astonishing. The luxuriant tropical forest that impressed and was the protected forest.

Displayed by him flowed the Batang Anai River with his water that was clear and appeared a waterfall be as high as 40 metre very close with the highway.

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Danau Diatas dan Dibawah

The two lakes were known with the Kembar Lake term. The two lakes were located in the Pasar Simpang Village, Kecamatan Lembayang Jaya, Kab. The gift, be at a distance approximately 47 km from the Solok City and 56 km from the Padang City.

The uniqueness from twins's lake was to head the Di Atas Lake, we must go through the road that descended whereas to head the Dibawah Lake, we must go through the climbing road. Around the lake was buried markisa with the sweet feeling, vegetables, and the potato.

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