Our journey begins at 9am, where we made our way to Samosir Island once again. However this time, for data collection.
On our boat ride to Samosir Island, we were entertained by the local children, who sang songs about life in their village. It was pretty funny when they sang about girlfriends cheating on their significant other; instead of arguing, the boyfriends go to a boat and sing about it. It really is a funny song if you could understand. It took a while for me though. Hehe.
Upon arrival in Tomok Village, we immediately began our data collection, looking for both domestic and foreign tourists. The shopping streets were bustling with activity and potential interviewees even more than yesterday. The streets had tourists from Canada, Thailand, Bali and Jakarta. Whilst interviewing tourists, we managed to look around at different stalls to shop.
When it came to lunch time, we headed to Tuk Tuk Village, where there were mainly resorts around the area. We had lunch in a resort called Tabo Cottages. It is a German-owned resort that offers local Batak cuisine. The food was delicious.
After lunch, we walked around the cottage, collecting our respective data for our project.
My team stumbled upon Ms Annet, the owner of Tabo Cottage. She has been living on Samosir Island for 20 years, helping out the locals in improving on the island. She's an interesting person to talk to as she has worked with both locals and tourists on finding ways to improve life on Samosir Island. She has also integrated herself (adopted) into a local Batak tribe and is considered as one of them. It was really an eye opener for all of us.
We got to listen to a lot of stories from Ms Annet which was really inspiring and we gained many insights about it.
At the cottage, we found a treehouse and we climbed up to the top as well. The scenery was really beautiful from up high.
After collecting our data, we got on the ferry again and headed towards toledon inn for data collection once again. The area near toledon inn has bars, and we were hoping to find more tourists that we will be able to interview. But unfortunately, we were not able to encounter many tourists because it was still early and people seldom visit bars at that time. Thus, we decided to head back for dinner.
On our way back from toledon inn on the ferry, we got to see the sunset. It was a beautiful sight and it will definitely become an unforgettable memory for us.
Today was an exciting day and we got to know so much more about how tourists feel about lake toba. We hope that the data that we have collected will be useful for the project. Do stay tune for our Day 6 blog !
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