From simple gravestones to elaborate sarcophagi, tombs are everywhere on Pulau Samosir Andy Gwee
PULAU Samosir is not called the Island of the Dead for nothing. This island the size of Singapore, situated in the middle of Lake Toba, North Sumatra, teems with tombs. Not only in graveyards, but also in gardens, at roadsides, in the middle of villages and every few hundred metres all over the countryside.
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Today, at the end of the dry season Lake Toba is almost full, so when you want to see more of Lake Toba than any other tourist has seen, this is the time to come to Lake Toba. It is of course a Contradictio in Terminus that Lake Toba is full at the end of the dry season. But what is a contradictio in terminus in this age of climate change ?When is Lake Toba full ?.In my opinion Lake Toba is more or less full when the harbour in Tiga Raja, the place where you board the ferry to Tuk Tuk in Parapat, is flooded. Not just a few centimeters but halfway up to your knees.
In December 2008 three fourth year students Tourism Management will go to Samosir Island to conduct research about the development of sustainable cultural tourism products at the Island. The students will try to develop new small scale cultural tourism products in cooperation with the local population.
