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Banda Aceh - last days in Indonesia
Pünktlich zu Beginn der Regenzeit ist der Regen auch gekommen. Die letzten zwei Tag in Pulau We haben wir erlebt, was Regenzeit bedeuten kann, nämlich 48 Stunden Regen ohne Unterbruch, in der Stärke eines Platzregens einfach ein wenig länger. Und pünktlich zur Regenzeit verlassen wir Indonesien. 05.00 Uhr in der Früh ohne Strom den Rucksack zu packen war kein Spass (wir hätten natürlich auch am Abend packen können......). Und ...
Tsunami Memories
... About US $14 billion was raised internationally which was unprecedented, not only in the amount of money raised but also in the proportion of funding from the general public, and the speed with which money was pledged or donated.
The only positive to come out of this tragedy was that it also wiped out a low level independence movement that had seen a violent conflict between the Indonesian government and a Free Aceh Movement that had killed thousands ...
Promise of Paradise
... I expected, just some haphazard buildings, cafes, souvenir shops and a wharf. We are dropped off under a shady tree and are immediately approached by local men offering us accommodation. We have a quick check of a room in a guesthouse overlooking the little harbour full of small boats but are put off, not only by the scruffy entrance, but also by the sad squat toilet in the bathroom. No, we plan to spend five days here and already have an idea of where we want to stay - the ...
Another World
... monument - a large fishing boat that was left stranded on the roof of a house. 55 people were saved by the crew of this vessel who plucked them from the swirling waters as they were being swept inland on the wave. Adlias tells us that the tsunami water here was reckoned to be 30 metres deep. He points out many sights and facts as we drive around the rebuilt city. "Here the water was 15 metres deep. Here many school children died when the wave came - there was no where to run to." ...
...get weird in Banda Aceh.
... if I was religious. I told him no. I should have told him yes. He went off explaining the Muslim genealogy using a family tree that was conveniently positioned above my head. By this time though he had smoked two of his 'cigarettes' and was having trouble maintaining any train of thought. In the middle of a sentence he would stop talking and stare at me. Then he asked 'You don't believe in evolution do you?" I quickly deflected the question ...