Enter Takengon and the highland fresh water lake Danau Laut Tawar

Continued from The road uphill to an Aceh highland....

The journey up the highland continues...

We soon reached the boundary of the city called Takengon.

What is so special about this city? We will see after this gate...

For from a hillside vantage point after the gate we could see the city of Takengon besides a wide expanse of water.

Welcome to the freshwater lake called Danau Laut Tawar.

Situated at about 4060 feet high from sea-level it is higher than the highest peak in Kedah, Gunung Jerai and about 1,000 feet higher that the better known larger lake Danau Toba south of Medan.