Bill and Sue-On Hillman: A 50-Year Travel Odyssey

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HILLMAN INDONESIA ADVENTURE
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1. MEDAN ARRIVAL

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We took a short flight from Penang to the Medan International Airport - Kualanamu.
Before we left home we had booked a cab to take us on the 20 km trip from the aiport to our hotel, The Garuda Palace.

Medan City Map

GARUDA PALACE HOTEL
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Address: Jl. Sisingamangaraja No.18, Mesjid, Medan Kota, Kota Medan, Sumatera Utara 20213, Indonesia
Phone: +62 61 7361234

The rest of our tour group had met with our G-Adventures tour guide, Vera, before we arrived,
but she had left a welcome sheet and directions for the next day activities at the hotel reception desk.

The room was comfortable with a good view of the pool and gardens in the courtyard below.
Beyond this were views of the rooftops in the surrounding city.
Interesting to see the dish antennas aimed straight up
since the satellites are in geosynchronous orbits and we are almost on the equator.
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MEDAN is the capital of Indonesia’s North Sumatra province.
The huge Maimun Palace and octagonal Great Mosque of Medan dominate the city center,
combining Islamic and European styles.
Just north are Jalan Selat Panjang street, famed for its ethnic food stalls,
and Tjong A Fie Mansion, a museum in a former Chinese merchant’s home.
Southwest is the striking Indo-Moghul Catholic church of Graha Maria Annai Velangkanni.

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