On Samosir island on Toba Lake the Toba Batak build smaller, single family houses.
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posted by robert @ Sunday, July 04, 2004
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Sumatra
We spent a few weeks in October 1983 travelling on local transport from Medan to Padang in North Sumatra.
Sunday, July 04, 2004
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