Sumatran trans Roadway

It's important to understand the routes to and from the overland routes along the Trans Sumatra roadway when planning a trip to Sumatra. Sumatra has three main routes: the east trans Sumatra, the West trans Sumatra, and the Central trans Sumatra.

The East trans Sumatra stretches approximately 2,500 km from the northern to southern tip of Sumatra, taking four days to traverse from north to south. This is the most popular Trans Sumatra Highway and is renowned for its adequate infrastructure, including highways, toll roads, accommodations, and internet access. This is because it is the location of the most deforested areas, or areas where large-scale logging has been carried out for palm oil and rubber plantations, along with cities and towns by the Indonesian government. This is a location most disliked by the Sumatran people, as the government has converted their lush forests into plantations, resulting in poor environmental conditions. This Trans Sumatra Highway also connects with many major cities and several capitals of Sumatra, providing you with the best access to all your needs along the way. Good viewpoint: besides bad environmental problems, the trans east road way can offer you good access, experience to explore the cultural life of the Sumatran Malay Civilization Society, you can see what is the Sumatran Malay Civilization, Big rivers, River life, River villages, Boat villages, Riverside wooden house village communities, World bird migration stopping area in Sumatran wetland forests, The world's largest tidal wave phenomenon, Sumatra's tropical wetland coastal mangrove forests, Coastal life culture, Only here in eastern Sumatra.

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Language in Sumatra

What languages ​​are spoken in Sumatra?

Sumatra is an island in Indonesia. Therefore, Indonesian is also spoken in this region, but beyond that, there are many regional languages ​​​​on the island.

Sumatra is essentially the birthplace of Indonesian, which is the root of Malay culture as the land of Malay civilization.

Ethnic groups with regional languages ​​​​in Sumatra are:

1. Acehnese. Part of North Sumatra

2. Gayo. Part of northeastern Sumatra

3. Pakpak. Part of northwest Sumatra

4. Karo. Part of North Sumatra.

5. Batak. North Sumatra.

6. Malay. Almost all of Sumatra.

7. Minang. In West Sumatra.

8. Ogan, in South Sumatra.

9. Rejang, in southwest Sumatra.

10. Kerinci, in West Central Sumatra.

11. Lampung, in South Sumatra.

12. Nias, an island northwest of Sumatra.

13. Mentawai, an island in West Sumatra.

These are some of the regional languages ​​in Sumatra, and there are several more spoken in smaller communities that I haven't mentioned here. This may seem confusing, but considering that Sumatra is the size of Germany, with a coastline of about 2,500 km, separated by massive mountains and vast, dense forests, it's understandable why this island has such rich cultural diversity.

Tips and tricks for traveling in Sumatra

For you that want to Traveling yo Sumatra here are some Tips and tricks that might useful For you.

1. Get used to eating rice.

This is the important issue when traveling in Sumatra and other parts of Asia and wanting to eat. You should get used to eating rice when you're hungry at mealtimes. When you visit a restaurant, the menu usually consists of rice with a variety of side dishes, and you can add other side dishes like vegetables, chicken, or fish.

2.Local cuisine.

Sumatra, Indonesia, is synonymous with spicy food. You need to get used to this by practicing spicy food before you go to Sumatra.

3. Restaurants in Sumatra.

It is important to know about restaurants in Sumatra before you arrive.

There are three types of restaurants in Sumatra.

1. Modern restaurants specialize in specific local dishes. For example, grilled chicken, seafood, wonton noodles, meatballs, satay, nasi lemak, and fried rice. You should specify that the dish should not be spicy when ordering before it's cooked; this is very important.

2.Modern restaurants serve international cuisine, such as spaghetti, pasta, steak, desserts, beans, and others. These types of restaurants are very rare and are only found in large cities or tourist areas. Otherwise, they are difficult to find in rural areas far from cities.

3.Local restaurants offer a mix of local cuisine. You'll often encounter this type of restaurant. You'll see a selection of dishes in a glass display case, and you can point to them, choosing what you're familiar with and what you like. I recommend clear soup and fried chicken, fried fish, or an omelet. The rest are spicy, which might not suit you, but it's okay to try something new and ask if it's too spicy.

Another one is street food like meat ball, grilled fish and chicken.

4.Public transportation.

For those of you who are budget-conscious travelers, like backpackers, you can rely on public transportation Bus in Sumatra. A fare of around 50 km between one terminal and another city costs around $3, or Rp.35,000 Indonesian rupiah, and can be higher the further you go. There are also trains, available only in some areas of Sumatra. To use them, you must first install and register for the "KAI Access" app. This low cost will save you money on your travels in Sumatra.

5.Motorcycle riding.

Motorcycle riding is a good option. It's important to know this when you're in Sumatra. It's best to be able to ride a scooter if you want to fully enjoy your travels. You can rent one when you arrive at your destination. This will save your much money when traveling in Sumatra. Take a public bus to your destination, then rent a scooter upon arrival. You can ask your accommodation or hotel for this information. Daily rental rates range from $7 to $15 per day, or 100,000 to 200,000 rupiah per day.

6.Keep in mind your currency exchange rate and prices in Sumatra.

$1 US is equivalent to approximately Rp. 16,500 Indonesian rupiah. You should familiarize yourself with this calculation when in Sumatra. For example, a meal in Sumatra costs around Rp. 25,000, along with a drink, which translates to around $1.50 US. A bottle of soft drink costs around Rp. 10,000, or $0.60.

7.How to Drive in Sumatra.

Riding a motorbike if you have a driving license will be more efficient in your travels in Sumatra, but if you don't have one, it's not a problem. As long as the scooter owner is confident in your driving skills, he will rent it to you. As long as you only go around the villages and not into the city where there are lots of police, it will be fine. But if you wan't to ride around the city, use the helmet always, it will be fine as long as with helmet and not breaking the traffic regulation. What about cars? Car rentals for foreigners are rare in Sumatra, they usually offer car rentals with a driver.

8.Using a travel organizer.

Tailor-made tour, or tour guide will make your trip more comfortable and efficient. When you use a tour and travel service with a larger budget, it makes the trip feel much better than not using one. My tip: If you don't want to use a tour and travel service, you can rent a car for a more comfortable trip. You should have at least three people, and the more the better, as it's more cost-effective and you'll share the cost. When you're at a tourist destination, be diligent in communicating with other foreign tourists and create a friendship group for future trips. Plan your next trip, or ask your hotel or accommodations about sharing a taxi for transportation solutions. Be sure to ask questions about the time, who will be traveling, what vehicle, and how many people are traveling, as this can be quite confusing in practice.

9.Prepare your medications.

Certain medications you take may not be available in areas of Sumatra. Please stock up before you leave, such as allergy medication, prescription medications, and other medications.

10.General health matters when you are in Sumatra.

As a humid tropical region on the equator, you need to be familiar with the environmental conditions in Sumatra. You may encounter mosquitoes, insects, and others. For example, you should stock up on mosquito repellent lotion or skin spray anti insects, and a raincoat.

11.Familiarize yourself with local herbal remedies as an alternative.

This will be very useful when you're in Sumatra. Some traditional Indonesian herbal remedies Such as "Tolak Angin" herbal syrup, eucalyptus herbal oil, and "Larutan penyegar cap kaki tiga" Drink refreshing herb formula. These are just a few examples of products you'll likely encounter and are familiar with in Indonesia and Sumatra. You might want to try them, as they've proven to be very effective.

12.Activate your international e-SIM or local number immediately upon arrival in Sumatra. Internet access is essential for a smooth trip; you can do this at the airport upon arrival.

13.Prepare Cash.

When you traveling in Sumatra you might face rural area, the ATM for withdraw money, internet connection, or card/cashless payment probably unavailable, where they are available in the city. So you need to have cashflow management estimation for Traveling budget. My tips is don't bring huge cash for one case but counting the needs and cash in one part trip and get the cash again in other city.

13.Download local apps.

When you're in Indonesia or Sumatra, it's recommended to install local Indonesian apps to support your travel needs. The first is the "Gojek" or "Grab" taxi app (available for Android and iOS). These apps are useful for hailing a taxi when you need to go somewhere. You can specify your pickup and drop-off points on the map, offering very affordable fares.

The Second, with the "Traveloka" or "tiket.com" accommodation booking apps, you can find accommodations for your travel destination in Sumatra. For example, hotels, lodging, and even bus/train, ship, or plane transportation.

There are several tips when you traveling in Sumatra, remember to enjoy your trip as best as you can. Get this as the unforgetable moment when you traveling this Gem of equator. Don't hesitate to ask locals for help, although they can not speaking english this is okey. Indonesia Sumatra People is warm to help anything.

Traveling Tips in Sumatra

 What you need to know about traveling in Sumatra.

1. Accomodation, book first your accomodation before you arrive in Sumatra, such as hotel, inn and transportation.

2. Know your destination and your target spot tourism.

3. Make your Schedule date time.

Before you go to traveling to Sumatra, you have to determine the time to traveling in Sumatra to be on point, such as how many days or week. What is your purpose to, it is so relatable to your accomodation and distance of your trip.

4. Culture.

Something that you can not avoid it when you visiting somewhere new beyond of you is the culture. You need to know about the culture and life there, such as the food, social activity, tradition, religion and so on.

5. Language.

It is the minor point when you visiting somewhere, knowing their language even a tiny will help you more than you thinking before. Sumatra is Indonesia part and Indonesian language is one of the most easy language to learn. You can practicing Indonesia or bahasa language before you visiting Sumatra.

6. Weather and geography. 

Sumatra is tropical and equator part of earth, so you will use to it with so thick greeny wood this as deep the land as you go with its various altitude from coast to montainous rain forest of home tons flora and fauna. It will be get use to it with humidity, rainy, mosquito, small insects and mutiple new atmosphere of trapical typical life 

7. Just relaxe and enjoy your vacation trip in Sumatra. 

Don't get to overthinking and just aasy to enjoy your new journey when you visiting Sumatra, enjoy the new place, new experience, new knowledge there. Don't hesitate to interactive with locals, Indonesia Sumatra is welcoming people it is wellknown in the world as a Sumatran people i can confirmed it, we are so shame when people come to our homeland feel so disappointed. The People of Sumatra pleasant to welcome and smile, they like to present the visitor as the Guest of their homeland, if you have any issue or need help or clue and direction don't hesitate to ask someone there, they are keen to help you out it will be your new experience unforgetable there.

You can visit my Instagram @ricky_a5cava to ask anything futhermore about Sumatra.

What is the emerald of equator?

Sumatra is the wealthiest island in the world with its whole diversities and rich of nature such as virgin forest and its inhabitant endemic animals and many unique flore and plants and the bonus for sure Surrounded by wonderful nature such as mountain scenery, canyon, waterfall and also beach and its wonder waves , The Emerald of earth equator, how perfectly complete.

Best choice to when you can get Combo experiences of nature, exotic animals, canyons, Great rivers adventures, some real Jurassic Park adventure, amazing waterfalls, Signature unique cultures, traditional cultures experiences, virgin forest, mother earth of unique plants, the only best endemic plants in the world, best fruits in the world comefrom, tasty food, breathtaking geopark experiences, mountains, amazing lakes, beautiful beaches, empty beautiful islands, waves, ocean, white sand, not zoo, whole things original genuinely in only one place, just Right Here in Sumatra🙌♻️✅💯

Language journey, will it last?

One might ask whether there are similarities and differences between the languages ​​of people in this part of the world and other parts of the world? how language was created, Why so many languages ​​with various types of characters, literature and dialects. It was told a story where there was a lost child who got lost on the train and couldn't go home for years. Where the problem is because no one understands the child's language. Linguists say that there are 6,500 languages ​​worldwide and about 2,600 remaining active from extinction. February 21 is UNESCO's International Mother Language Day.

An Englishman said Mother: Mommy, an Indian said: Man, an African Sesotho said: Mme, a Japanese said: haha, a Chinese said: Mama, a Russian said: Mama, a Thai said: mme, an Arab said: Ummi.

A Russian said Uncle: dyadya, the Portuguese said: Tio, the Thai said: lung, the English said: uncle, the Dutch said: Om, the Arabs said: am, the Indians said: Caca, the Japanese said: ojisan.

A Chinese say grandfather: chufu, English say: Grandpa, Japanese say: sofu, Koreans say: halaboji, Arabs say :jadda, Russians say: jedd, Indians say :dada, African swahili say: babu, Dutch people say: Oppa, Thai people say: puh, Portuguese say: avo.

The first language that existed and was recorded in history was Sumerian and the first written script was the ancient Mesopotamian Sumerian Pictograph in 4000 BC. , Then after the Egyptian hieroglyphic script 3000 BC, then the Sanskrit Brahmy script 1500 BC, then Greek 1500 BC, then Chinese 1000 BC and Latin 710 BC which we use today.

In Morphology, it is known that many languages ​​use articles for example de, le, de which have very identical morpheme arrangements. The French say: “je suis alle dans le bus ce matin” which means I went on the bus this morning. The Japanese said: “Kesa Basuni norimashita, Americans said: “I went on the bus this morning”, The Dutch said: "ik ging Van morgen met de bus", Germans say Ich bin heute morgen in den bus gestingen'', Arabs say "dzahabat fi alhafilat hadza ash shobah".

Before English, the international language was Latin, where in Europe people generally used Latin as their universal language, so that in the world we will be plural with Latin as in the language of Science, Biology, Science and others. After the Renaissance came the movement of exploring the other hemisphere from the west. Where previously the world only revolved around the Silk Road , then the journey of language continues to this day .

Its development in the modern world we know international languages. The United Nations has established 6 international languages, namely English, Arabic, Spanish, French, Russian, and Mandarin. Which of these languages ​​are so popular and plural and we can easily find them in the virtual world of the internet today.

In English itself, where there are accents that vary from American accent, British accent, Aussie accent, Indian accent, Hong Kong accent and so on. In the British itself, there are also many accents, such as Cockney, Scottish, Welsh and others. In language development, language shift or Slank is a problem that is often encountered in the world, including in Indonesia in the 90s Indonesia was familiar with Slank or Prokem, which was slightly influenced by the massive flow of information with the emergence of television broadcasts.

Standardization of standard language maintenance is carried out in the world, such as in Germany by "GFDs" and "Spanish Institute Cervantes", then "Japanese Ninjal" and Indonesian Language Development and Development Agency. Indonesian consists of several languages, namely Sanskrit, Malay, Arabic, Portuguese, Dutch and English.

Indonesia set its national language at the Youth Pledge congress in 1928, then the Indonesian language congress continued in 1938, then in 1954 and EYD in 1972 and so on. We do not know the form of writing as it is now before 1947 (Spelling of the Republic of Kelvin). Where in the past the spelling of Van ophuysen was strongly influenced by the Dutch spelling which was very different from now.

It is inconceivable that if no one learns languages, so that we can get to know foreign books, foreign films. Which of these are translators, interpreters, diplomats or even polyglots who have a role in the intraglobal circle. when the internet becomes our daily routine, it will not be strange when we see the words, Bonjour, Good luck, Ganbatte, Voila, Bravo, Wish me luck, Danke, Alles klar, Kamsahamnida, Arigatou and Salut.

It turns out that the medicine is in Indonesia

Do you remember the last time you took medicine, how much did you take the medicine, and do you know what kind of medicine you took? It is said that zolgensma is the most expensive drug ever made for the rare disease of back muscle atrophy due to a defective gene disorder, which Novartis company issued for US $ 2.125 million more or Rp. 2.7 billion more (exchange rate of Rp. 13,000) which is far compared to a patent medicine for heart disease which costs Rp. 400,000 / pack.  



The world has a very high pharmacy medical activity at this time, recorded at US $ 1.25 trillion or more than Rp. 16 thousand trillion per year. Pharmacy experts compete to produce their best medicines, where in Indonesia there are currently 206 pharmacy companies and 24,874 pharmacies.

In Germany, it is routine for every individual to contact or consult a doctor like someone who chats or calls his friend, it is even said that 1 in 2 doctor's consultations are unnecessary there. A mother in America will be so panicked when she sees bruising, feverish body, crooked teeth or holes in her child and will definitely call the doctor immediately, it's like a nightmare there.  

    

In Japan, people visit the doctor up to 10 times a year, even if it's just to check for bruises, because the health system is very secure there. This situation is in contrast to in America, the health care system there is commercial and very expensive with a privatized insurance system and only a few are covered by the state.

Until it was told in America where one of its citizens who withheld eating 1x a day at his office because he was afraid to go out when interacting and contracted the corona virus, where he also had liver disease, he was afraid if something happened and got infected and couldn't afford to pay for treatment, even his only leave 3 days a year he still works. America only provides good health care to those with high incomes who can afford insurance. Fortunately, our country implements BPJS which is similar to Germany and Japan. America is one of the developed countries with the worst health system problems. The number of doctor consultations in Indonesia is recorded at 31 million 500 thousand times a year from its 260 million population, compared to Japan which has 1.2 billion visits from its 126 million population. In Indonesia, there are 160 thousand doctors, whereas in Japan alone there are 100 thousand doctors.

When the corona pandemic hit the world so badly, Indonesia was not left behind, where it was said that Indonesia only had 2,889 hospitals with a capacity of 317,442 patients and 160 thousand doctors as well as 520 thousand nurses and midwives, which was very, very far from sufficient.

The development of the medical world has been going on for a long time. In ancient times, health problems were always associated with the supernatural and superstition. The first hospital built in Baghdad was the Al-Adudi Hospital in 981 near the time of Avicenna, the father of the world's doctors.

It is said that there was an uproar that shocked the world in the past in Europe, where at that time it happened in Paris. Don't imagine Paris at this time during the corona pandemic, which is still with its glittering city, the flickering lights, the corners of the city's streets are decorated with branded luxury goods outlets, no. At that time Paris was overshadowed by a very bad catastrophe, the epidemic was already at its limit, then the sight of corpses strewn on the streets, people groaning, the smell of rotting carcasses everywhere, rats milling about, Paris was like a zombie city at that time.

The development of the medical world continues, where the stethoscope was invented in 1816, X Ray laser was used on war victims in 1897, ECG (electro cardiography) monitor in the 70s, MRI machines in Europe in the 80s where the price per unit was 26 billion rupiah.

When in Indonesia, the world of medical treatment and health looks unique with its background, culture and social. Long ago, when the Europeans embarked on a traveling expedition until they found spices in Maluku, Indonesia and realized this, it seemed as if they did not want to let go, which was the beginning of the calamity of the story of colonialism in Indonesia. Until it was realized that there were herbs in Indonesia that were similar to traditional Chinese medicine.

Have you ever imagined enjoying herbal medicine like a king? Yes, herbal medicine is a special dish of ancient kings and this is recorded in the reliefs of Borobudur Temple. When the Dutch colonized Indonesia, they secretly admired this herbal medicine. Those who are frustrated with western medicine choose jamu as a medicine or supplement for their needs where this herbal medicine is a common tradition among the people of Indonesia. It is stated that Indonesia has the potential of 33,000 botanical species for natural medicines, only 800 species are used as herbal medicine, 30 species are standardized herbal medicines and 14 species are phytopharmaca. Then we get to know ginger, kencur, temulawak, Binahong, cat whiskers, crown of gods, soursop leaves, mangosteen peel, red Papuan fruit to kratom.

Then history repeats itself exactly in the Netherlands, this herbal medicine has been exported abroad and it is even said that Papuan red fruit can be used as a cure for HIV/AIDS. Not inferior to herbal medicine, Kratom has loyal fans abroad. Uncle Sam's country demand for this kratom is up to 1000 tons as well as Europe, where the price per kilo reaches up to IDR 300,000 in the international market. Kratom went back and forth with its polemics and controversies, where its prohibition with the psychotropic stamp was opposed by scientists. It looks like it's not just kratom, it's also herbal medicine. Once again, we are currently confronted with the world's pharmaceutical giant octopus business which is under threat, when humans manufacture things at a high cost and nature presents them cheaply. 

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