Pulau Weh, Indonesia Travel Blogs

Swimming with the fishies
Oct 19, 2007 (8 photos)

... 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!
Jul 14, 2009 (22 photos)

... 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 ...
Oct 10, 2002 (16 photos)

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 balcony ...

pulau weh - back to the roots
Sep 27, 2008 (20 photos)

... 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 riese ...

Lazy days...
Oct 8, 2008

... 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 Tsunami ...

Flights and more travelling... obviously
Oct 8, 2008

... 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
Oct 10, 2008

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 ...

We try again
Oct 11, 2008

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 ...

More Lazy days...
Oct 9, 2008

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 ...

The Fifth Essence
Aug 7, 2008

... 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
Aug 11, 2008

... 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 water ...

Crowded Planet
Aug 6, 2008

... 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 Abyss. ...

Naughty Monkey!
Aug 7, 2008 (3 photos)

"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 the ...

Getting to Pulau Weh
Oct 24, 2004 (2 photos)

... 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. To ...

I gotta get a-Weh from here
Oct 28, 2004

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 ...

Give Peace a Chance
Aug 8, 2008

... 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 guests ...

Extraordinary People
Aug 6, 2008

... 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 ...

Ramma-"damn ! Where's my beer ?"
Oct 26, 2004 (2 photos)

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 ...

The Coral Gardeners
Aug 18, 2008 (3 photos)

... 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 direct ...

Uncovered
Aug 10, 2008

... 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 who ...

Ahh, the island life!
Apr 16, 2007 (5 photos)

Well we lived th island life for 3 days then ran out of Rupiah so.........Went to Bana Aceh and saw some heart wrenching sight, then on we go!

Pulau Weh
Apr 16, 2007 (5 photos)

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