Visiting Sights Legend Lake Toba Indonesia

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Friday 29 April 2016

Story Legend Lake Toba

Tourism is a legend and become a unique destination to date. A long time ago, there lived a poor boy named Toba whose job is to catch fish. One day Toba managed to catch a big fish. When the big fish was brought home, it turns out that fish turned into a beautiful girl. Beautiful girl willing to marry the Toba Toba on condition must conceal its origins. Toba promised and they got married and lived happily. After some time, they were blessed with a son named Samosir.

Beautiful girl willing to marry the Toba Toba on condition must conceal its origins

Toba promised and they got married and lived happily

After some time, they were blessed with a son named Samosir

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Toba breaking a promise his mother

Samosir is a lazy child. One day, his mother told Naidoo deliver your lunch to his father to the field. Naidoo initially refused. But his mother kept insisting until finally Samosir by. Naidoo lazy and grumbling, even in the way she ate some of the provisions. Until finally, when Naidoo up in the fields, her father had become very hungry. Toba became angry when he saw his lunch staying the rest a little.

a view of Lake Toba

In his anger Toba cursed, "The descendants of fish!" Naidoo went home crying and ask her if it was true he was a descendant of fish. The mother becomes sad because Toba had broken his promise. He then jumped into the river and turns back into a big fish. When it was also raining so heavy that rivers overflow to immerse villages nearby. Toba did not have time to save themselves and eventually went down. Villages submerged then eventually forming a giant lake in the middle there is a small island. The lake was then called Lake Toba and Samosir Island island was named.

In Google Maps

Lake Toba is located in Parapat, about 176 km from Medan. There we can catch a ferry to the island of Samosir.

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