Places I've Lived #15 - Parapat, Sumatra, Indonesia
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In the year 2001, after wandering around China, traipsing through Laos, Thailand, and Malaysia and then wandering over to the massive island of Sumatra in Indonesia - I somehow found myself in the tiny little town of Parapat on the shores of Glorious Lake Toba drinking coconut wine with a guitar wielding Batak freedom fighter. We were instant best friends and after a couple of days surrounded by the beautiful Batak people - I was offered a job teaching English at the New Bridge English School. I accepted.
Places I've Lived #15 - Parapat, Sumatra, Indonesia
Places I've Lived #15 - Parapat, Sumatra…
Places I've Lived #15 - Parapat, Sumatra, Indonesia
In the year 2001, after wandering around China, traipsing through Laos, Thailand, and Malaysia and then wandering over to the massive island of Sumatra in Indonesia - I somehow found myself in the tiny little town of Parapat on the shores of Glorious Lake Toba drinking coconut wine with a guitar wielding Batak freedom fighter. We were instant best friends and after a couple of days surrounded by the beautiful Batak people - I was offered a job teaching English at the New Bridge English School. I accepted.