buckets of fish in the market
Market town at the far end of Lake Toba
Balige is situated at the far end, the SE, of Lake Toba. It is a fairly large town, not much to do, except for visiting the huge market in the centre of town. Much of the town is still built of wooden houses, yet, relative affluence is demonstrated by the large number of not-so-humble satellite dishes for television reception in town.
the market in Balige
woman sorting chillie peppers
as everywhere in Indonesia, dried fish is an important staple
Balige house, and laundry
TV is an important medium, obviously
the public transport in town is by a luxury version of the becak
Balige is sitiuated at the end of Lake Toba
corn harvesting time
