Category Archives: Lake Toba

A Melancholy Celebration of Twenty Years of Marriage

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Heather

A few times in my life I’ve had a pit in my stomach; a feeling that things were about to change in ways I couldn’t dream of, with experiences I couldn’t fathom. When Tom left Nha Trang, Vietnam last May after … Continue reading →

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My crazily fantastic journey to Sumatra via Jakarta: Not for the faint of heart

Posted on December 3, 2011 by Heather

When I returned to Bali in October I reunited with some good friends and started kicking travel ideas around. One thing I’d missed (and I felt it was a BIG miss) was Sumatra – particularly Lake Toba. Many of my … Continue reading →

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