The architecture of the museum building was modern and impressive, a two-storeyed building with a mezzanine floor where you enter from.
The Tiga Raja harbour in Parapat was also a market area with vendors selling pineapples, mangosteens, bananas and other tropical fruits.
Earlier as I was in the hills walking towards Ambarita, I heard music playing from somewhere down in the village.
Tomorrow, I will be up early and trying to head to Bilage, where there is a Batak museum.
Rice, rendang, sambal prawns, lots of sweet green and red chillis, all topped off with a glass of diabetes inducing tea.
Their dog which had followed them also got stuck.