🇮🇩 Medan｜A City of Stark Contrasts

After a 50-minute train ride from the airport, the landscape unfolds like a time capsule 🕰️: Outskirts: Endless farmland 🌾 City center: A maze of cramped self-built homes, punctuated by luxury hotels and shopping malls 🏙️💎 🚦 Street Survival 101: Zero traffic lights – crossing roads = an extreme sport 🏍️💨 Motorcycle taxis & street vendors dominate every corner... ...until you step into air-conditioned malls with luxury boutiques & international dining – like entering another dimension! ✨🍣 🌆 Why Visit? Medan’s raw, unfiltered chaos is a portal to Indonesia’s past. It’s best as a base for deeper Sumatran adventures – where every alley whispers stories of decades gone by. #Indonesia #Medan #TravelRaw #UrbanExplorer #BackpackerLife