a picturesque look on the southern part of parapat town, the largest town on the eastern edge of lake toba. december 2011.

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a village community church stands among the lush valley of vegetables and fruit crops at gundaling hill near berastagi on a quiet and cool saturday morning. december 2011.

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a smoky active volcano 2,460m high mt. sinabung, last erupted in september 2010, as seen 12.5km away at sunrise looking east from the fertile highland town of berastagi, north sumatra province. december 2011.

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just behind the mesmerising first look at lake toba, i was again highly impressed by sipisopiso waterfall, a 120m plunge waterfall (the highest in indonesia) from the karo plateau that flows to the lake. december 2011.

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the first glimpse of the largest volcanic lake in the world, lake toba, as we entered from the northern end near merek, in the karo regency of north sumatra. what’s 180° behind me from this view is another story fit for tomorrow’s post! december 2011.

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an erupting anak krakatau seen from sertung island in january 2011.

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an ornamental horn like roof of a rumah gadang (main house) that makes up the traditional houses of the minangkabau at the west sumatra pavilion of taman mini indonesia indah, east jakarta. january 2011.

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a railroad crossing at one of the busy streets in mangga dua, jakarta on an early morning during our trip to taman mini indonesia indah. january 2011.

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a night view of jakarta, the most populous city in southeast asia is not as spectacular as other cities in terms of its city lights, but experiencing within the congestion of its denizens along the narrow alleys and lanes (especially at night) is a sight and observation to behold. pic was taken from mangga dua facing south. january 2011.

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an effortless 1st attempt at capturing a photo of a long-legged grey crowned crane proved to be an easy task as the winged vertebrate sparsely moved at all and totally oblivious to my presence. though less challenging, the beauty of its golden feathered crown managed to hypnotize my left eye through the viewfinder for countless exposures. taken at the aviary park, taman mini indonesia indah in january 2011.

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