Vacation!

It's been an amazing nine days in Sumatra, Indonesia! I came here with 6 other Peace Corps friends and am here until the 14th. We started off in Medan, then headed to Bukit Lawang to do an overnight jungle trek and see orangutans/other jungle creatures. Next, we headed to Berastagi to climb a volcano and visit hot springs, then arrived in Lake Toba yesterday and are staying here for another 3 nights before heading back to Medan. Sumatra is one of the most beautiful places I've visited and our intense trekking/hiking has been a wonderful way to really soak up everything (quite literally, as we have been sweaty/caught in rain storms for much of the trip). The food here is awesome, the people are friendly, and one last hurrah with some of my Peace Corps friends is just what the doctor ordered before the chaos of slipping back into my "real world" begins in a few months.

Mosque in Medan

One of many orangutans that we were lucky enough to see while trekking in Bukit Lawang!

some serious trekking

all 7 of us

On the way to the volcano in Berastagi