Monday, October 29. A Retraction: The roads are not as crappy as I thought, then claimed in an earlier post. We spent today on a day trip to villages in a circle, starting where we are in Medan and ending back here. Think of it as a country drive. Uniformly good roads, but with lots of traffic.
First stop was Berastagi, two hours from Medan and way, way up in the hills. Beautiful country, mostly agricultural. Next was Lingga, best known and most visited village in the Karo Highlands. Interesting traditional Sumatran homes against a backdrop of volcanoes. We were surprised by the next village - Dokan. It was loaded with traditional houses. More of them and in better shape than those in Linnga. Yet Lingga is treated better in the guidebooks. Why? Better Public Relations is my guess.
I have no idea how many photos this app will allow me to upload, or how they're arranged. So here's what I HOPE shows up. A photo of Marty's plate - heaping with Indonesian breakfast and he went back for more. A photo of my plate and I only went back for fruit. Then photos of a flower market, a dried fish stall, a chicken being cooked with a blowtorch, some traditional houses, and the hard way to wash clothes. 
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