Takengon is the capital of Central Aceh Regency, Aceh Province, Indonesia. Takengon is located on the side of Lake Laut Tawar, Lut Tawar sub-district in the middle of the province of Aceh. Takengon is a plateau with cool air with an altitude of about 1200 m above sea level.
A few days ago me and some friends wanted to take a vacation to one of the highlands in my country, Takegon City, where the city is surrounded by hills and 1 volcano is still active.
We have agreed to travel to the place in the morning because the distance from where I live to Takegon city is about 3 hours more.
Before we left we stopped at one of the small stalls on the side of the road while waiting for another friend to come, at that time the weather was starting to cloudy and it was likely to rain, that was something we didn't want because the road we took was up and down the hill and it will hinder our journey to takengon city.
And what we didn't expect, it rained harder and harder, we had time to think whether we should continue our journey or should we go back to our respective homes..
After much thought, we finally continued our journey even though it was raining heavily, we used rain jackets because we were riding motorbikes.
We are all quite careful when riding motorbikes, because the roads are sometimes slippery and even landslides occur in that area, we all have to stay alert.
On the way I didn't have time to take some interesting pictures because the rain was getting heavier, I only saw a very beautiful spot without being able to take a picture, it made me very upset and disappointed.
We continued our journey again because the location we were going to was still very far away, about 2 hours away and we had to be soaking wet to reach our destination.
But suddenly one of my friends ran out of fuel in the middle of the road because he forgot to refuel his motorbike..
This was the biggest challenge where it was raining heavily and the gas station was very far away, we all stopped for a moment, and suddenly a kind local resident wanted to buy fuel for one of my friends, and I am very grateful to that person who have been kind to us.
After refueling we continued our journey.
Finally we arrived at our destination after a long tortuous journey and it was very tiring where the weather was getting colder and we took a break while drinking coffee and enjoying the beautiful natural scenery above 1200m altitude.
These are some pictures I took while I was relaxing.
The rain had stopped and the coffee was over, after taking selfies we decided to go back home because it was getting late, actually we wanted to enjoy a long day at that place, but what can we say the distance we traveled was very far and very tiring.
We drove back the vehicle with a top speed of 70km to get home quickly, the weather on the road was getting foggy and we planned to stop at one of the tourist attractions called Mount Salak, Mount Salak is not too far from the location where I live, about 2 hours drive.
Finally we stopped at the location, while enjoying a cup of coffee and photographing some of the most beautiful parts of the location.
After everything was finished we finally decided to continue the journey home where the weather was getting dark and cold, the atmosphere on the road was very quiet where on the left and right there were many ravines and forests that were still very natural, we were very careful in riding our own motorbikes -each..
This journey is very tiring but very happy for me and my friends.
This is the end of my short trip on the weekend, to the city of Takengon, hopefully in the future we can enjoy a more exciting and interesting atmosphere.
That is all and thank you.