Pulau Weh
Travel Blogs from Pulau Weh, Indonesia
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Swimming with the fishies
... value (and neither were worth$5!). Further comedy ensued when we saw the mandi (the name for the washing facilities in Indonesia; usually a large well like tub from which you use a bucket to scoop water over yourself), which was a well right in ...
Find my paradise...tick!
... what they are still doing in front of a computer screen!! Now...take a look at the photos ;) Traduzione Italiana: Pulau Weh e' l'isola dei sogni! Spiaggie bianche, la barriera corallina a pochi metri dall'acqua, incredibili siti per immersioni, comodi ...
This island is pretty poor there is little ...
This island is pretty poor, there is little infrastructure and it can be tricky getting to and from the mainland but it is beautiful! Accommodation is basic to mid range but the diving is top notch. For the low end of the range, just a hut with a ...
Banana Brandy
After 10 different forms of transportation, we made it to Gapang Beach in Pulau Weh. We were here for the diving, which proved good since there's little more to do on this big island. We roamed the streets of Sabang, the main town, the day we got here ...
An epic journey
... and clove cigarettes being smoked all around made for stomach swirleys of the worst kind. Luckily we reached Sabang, the port town of Pulau Weh way ahead of schedule, jumped in a becak (a motorbike and sidecar made for 2 asian backsides) for the hour ...
pulau weh - back to the roots
... eus umegschwirrt dass eus scho fast truemmlig worde isch! neu fuer eus isch au di stark stroemig xi.. 3 meer fluessed zaeme uf pulau weh: s indische, d strass vo malakka und s andamane was zt en raechte sog cha geh. de toubi hets durchgehend en ...
Lazy days...
... on the mainland for several days until the ferry's started again. Only 5 people died as a result of the Tsunami on Pulau Wea and many of the locals count themselves lucky, although many lost family on the mainland. For more information on the ...
Flights and more travelling... obviously
... all rolled into one. After landing and some bargaining we start the 30min journey to Uleh-Leh where we are to get a boat to Pulau Weh. The journey goes past a UNICEF camp, a SUV labeled UN and through the site where the Tsunami it on Boxing day, 2004. ...
Snorkelling in the Rain
We decide to go snorkeling and rent some gear. The water is crystal clear and all sorts of marine life are available, from Lion Fish to sea cucumbers and all colours of fish imaginable. It starts off well and the the thunder storm comes in, making ...
Fantastic sealife!
Upon arriving in Pulau Weh we were glad to be out of the hustle and bustle of Aceh. The beach at Gapang was small but ample and the snorkeling possibilities looked fantastic. The first snorkeling day we spent the morning around the right hand side ...
We try again
Today looks like the weather will be better and we decide to swim to the island that we can see from our huts. There is a sea garden at the other side and it looks good for snorkeling. It only looks 200m or so, but looks can be deciving and it takes us ...
Getting to Pulau Weh
... The purpose of me being here is to act on the advice I was given in Penang. Which is to get up to Pulau Weh ( Weh island ) in Aceh province - an active volcanic island which promises dazzling marine life, popular with the more hardcore dive enthusiasts. ...
More Lazy days...
I have NOTHING... AGAIN!!! Sunbathing is about the most exercise I can must and even that requires putting on sun block which seems like allot of effort. I can see a few days being wasted here very easily, but I am feeling better for it. There ...
I gotta get a-Weh from here
27th October 2004 Continued from ; Ramma-"damn ! Where's my beer ?" Another day. At times soaking up the near-isolation, at others pining for some action. Wishing I was somewhere else. Strolling through the " willid " ( the village ) I happen upon a ...
The Fifth Essence
... with Dom to the point, and we had decided to stop swimming against the current there and turn back. It was strong, and swept us toward Pulau Weh so that the scene below moved by like a movie. But it was even better than a movie, and infinitely better than ...
A Shared Burden
... to be caught in the worst misfortune. Even the words I write now feel so empty. Nature can be so cruel. Of the four fatalities on Pulau Weh, all were children who had ran out on the beach of exposed and wriggling fish to save them and put them back in the ...
Ramma-"damn ! Where's my beer ?"
Continued from ; Getting to Palau Weh 25th October 2004 What a view to wake up to . Clear turquoise water reaches out to another smaller island, Rubiah, which houses an entire ' sea garden ' But how to get there ? As I swim, the water beneath me is ...
Crowded Planet
... and out of the rock. Long yellow trumpet fish poke forward with their snouts; Moorish idols trail their elegant fins. The shelf of Pulau Weh falls sharply into the blue. The dropoff into deeper water seems ominous, like a scene out of the movie The ...
Naughty Monkey!
"Halo sweet! You come to make kaka?" Mamamia calls in her thin, sing-song voice. She is in her daisy-print mumu again this morning. Her eyes are sparkling and she wears a mischievous grin. It's early morning and Papa has just finished his mandi in ...
Give Peace a Chance
... efforts to get him off my balcony without making a scene. Then, something unintelligible because Diar speaks partly in Indonesia, Acehnese, English and something else his own altogether. He didn't grasp the fact that his aggressive behaviour toward ...
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhh!
... 2 nights in Banda Aceh in a stupidly expensive compound, pretty much getting over what felt like jetlag; I got a cab and a ferry to Pulau Weh (Sabang), arriving at around 11am. I finished up my journey to Iboih Beach on the back of a moped for 40 minutes ...
Extraordinary People
... balding, keeps coming to my bungalow, making me acutely uncomfortable. (I won't say his real name, though any single women travelling to Pulau Weh should contact me and I will give it to you. Be warned.) I'd seen him before in the restaurant, and ...
The Coral Gardeners
... prefer to have sustainable tourism development and eco-friendly tourism too." Nature is resilient, when given a chance. The coral gardeners of Pulau Weh are doing everything they can to give it that chance. * * * TRAVEL TIPS Air Asia now has ...
Uncovered
... looking like she's gagging for it, even if it is just for show. I've found that a higher amount of men in Indonesia, so far the most in Aceh, will take more freedoms with women than men do in Canada. Some, like Johnny the becak driver ...
Trente-six metres sous la mer
Hello! En vrai, je suis a Kathmandou maintenant,au Nepal. Mais je viens de recevoir les photos de Pulau Weh sous l'eau (merci Corinne!!!), et du coup, je fais ma page d'ecriture (avec plaisir), et je l'anti-date. Je suis donc restee 4 semaines vissee sur ...
Et buller de plaisir...
... decide a Bangkok que ma premiere destination serait le bord de mer pour m'initier a la plongee! J'ai ete au plus proche, soit l'ile de Pulau Weh, au large de Banda Aceh (une nuit de bus tout de meme, puis bateau of course). Il se trouve que c'est un site ...
Pulau Weh, Gapang - En underbar plats!
... mitt hotell efter klockan nio på kvällen och sedan lämnade staden runt åtta på morgonen för att ta färjan norrut till Pulau Weh. Weh är en liten ö som mer eller mindre består av en liten stad och två små byar / stränder. Jag bosatte mig på ...
Never Again...
... nbsp; We did find a seedy 24hr internet cafe and coffee before completing the last leg of our journey (ferry from Banda Aceh to Pulau Weh) arriving at our guesthouse / paradise hut about 1pm the following day. We sat in hammocks for the rest of the ...
Our Xmas pressie to ourselves...
... Indonesia’s ‘kilometer zero’ off the north west tip of Sumatra is Gapang beach on the remote tropical island of Pulau Weh. Five days of sun and diving seemed like the perfect Christmas present for two weary travelers in need of a brief ...
Diving delights - they don't get any better!
Wednesday 7th December 2011 – Pulau Weh I had a great night's sleep and woke up just before we arrived in Banda Aceh. This was the town that took the biggest hit of the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami, when the north west coast of Sumatra took the full ...
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