We travelled to Pulau Weh, an island on the very northern tip of Sumatra. We found a hut on the water for $5 per night, and made ourselves comfortable. We stayed there a week.
Every day went something like this:
We started our day with a delicious breakfast (banana pancakes for Corinne, veggie omelets for Jason). "Momma", our elderly Indonesian hostess, came out of her hut wearing nothing but a bed sheet and cheerfully whipped us up some breakfast and visited with us. When we left an hour later, she was still wearing just her bed sheet.
At "sunshine o'clock", the hour when the sun hit our balcony at just the right angle, we played cards while we worked on our tans. Finally, we found some sunshine!
For lunch we'd go the local hangout, a little cafe on the beach. Most of the people staying in the area congregated here to eat, drink, and visit. The cafe had three tables. Most of the people staying in the area fit in the cafe. Do the math... there weren't many tourists. Maybe 15 in total. This little cafe had amazing food. For lunch, Corinne usually had a potato salad and Jason had a veggie taco, which was nothing like a taco but it just might be his new favourite food.
The afternoon usually consisted of reading, laying, or snorkeling. The island had amazing snorkeling and we usually snorkeled for a few hours each day.
Then some reading before dinner, which we ate at Momma's. The food was nothing spectacular, but she was just to nice to say no to.
Then an after dinner fruit shake, a game of cards or some reading, and it was time to sleep at about 9:00 (if Corinne could stay up that late).
We did that for 6 days in a row. After looking at these pictures you'll see why it was hard to leave.
Our $5 hut.
Our $5 view.
We did a lot of this...
Our $5 view.
We did a lot of this...
and this...
not so much of this.
not so much of this.
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