My journey took about 38 hours and I travelled more or
less 13 000km. It was really exhausting. It started on the 2nd of
July and I was in Berastagi on the 5th of July in the evening. I was
really glad to finally reach my destination. My route was WarsawàLondon (where I was waiting in the airport for 16
hours!)à Singapore àMedan. I have never travelled this far before, so I
was a bit scared. When I landed in Medan I knew that it was going to be fine.
Everyone around there were very helpful and very nice (it was the first thing
that drew my attention! Everyone here is extremely kind and polite!)
My first night was spent in one room with An at
Euthalias house. I was sleeping like a baby – I even didn’t hear the alarm
clock in the morning! But the next day was amazing. Everything here is new for
me, everything here is different from the things I know in Poland. For example
traffic… In Indonesia it’s very chaotic… but still it doesn’t seem to be a
problem, no one is shouting, no one gets
hurt. In Poland it’s totally different! Everything is in order, everyone
reads the road signs, everyone waits patiently in a queue, and no one overtakes
when there’s a car driving in the opposite lane! I almost got a heart attack because of that
at first J. Now it’s fine, I’m getting used to the local way of
driving.
The next night me and An stayed in our Pink Villa.
It’s a quite big house with a lot of rooms. We decided to sleep in one room,
because there were just us two and we thought that it would be more self-assured.
We spent Saturday meeting new people, shopping and
admiring the city. We met Euthalia’s friend – Daisy and her family, then we
went to the market and bought some fresh fruit. Everyone calls us ‘bule’ – it
means “foreigners’. Kids are waving and yelling ‘Hi’, it’s funny, because when
we reply they became very shy ;).
On Sunday we took a trip to Lake Toba and it was
amazing! It’s the biggest lake in Indonesia, it’s about 100km long and 37km
wide, and there’s an island in the middle of it. Daisy’s husband said that this
island is bigger than the whole Singapore City!
Today the work begins. An started working about week
ago, so now she is explaining to me everything. I can’t wait for other interns
to join us, to make Pink Villa full of people. I feel the next few weeks are
going to be amazing!
- Aga (the intern from Poland)
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