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Samosir Island is a wonderful island located in the middle of Lake Toba. This island has been a part of ancient super volcano, known as Mount Toba. Samosir has been a part of the biggest super eruption in world history. Today, Samosir Island attracts foreign tourists with its wonderful nature, culture heritage, and unique tradition of inhabitants. Indonesians name the island as “The Monaco of Asia”. Some call it with “The Peace of Paradise”. The nature of Samosir is really unique and wonderful. Tourists can smell the moisture in the morning coming from the hotel windows, enjoy hilly or mountainous areas, capture teasing panorama and swim the biggest volcanic lake on the planet. Besides nature, people can also explore and learn about unique culture of Batak. Batak, as the most populous ethnic group in North Sumatra, have astonishing and mysterious history. Visitors can also visit Batak Museums to see the ancient clothes, weapon, literature and many more. Historical places area conserved as tourist destinations equipped with Batak traditional houses, music, and praying sites. As a man born in Samosir Island, I must tell the world about the wonder and the miracle of this island. They must feel the happiness as I do, they must see the heaven as I always do, and they must taste the best tilapia with special traditional Batak Sauce. I have traveled to Papua Island, Sulawesi Island, Bali Island, Java Island, for several times. I just could not find a special and wonderful place like Samosir Island. I have always missed to swim in Lake Toba, to say horas (local greeting) to the people there, and to smell the originality of the universe. Connection is all I need to promote the beauty and the wonder of Samosir Island. Before connecting the island to the world, I must firstly make a local connection. All people should have been interconnecting locally before being interconnected globally. When they are connected, they can collaborate to promote the island. The local connection created in Samosir will ease the government to introduce and to promote the island to the world.