Showing posts with label Aceh. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Aceh. Show all posts

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Trying to catch the wave

CSC_6540One of my aim in Indonesia was to try surfing. I did not wanted to go to a very touristic place like Bali, I decided to try it in Aceh. I went to Lhoknga beach. This place was completely wide up by tsunami. Before 26 December 2004 there were 7000 people in the village. The next day only 600 were alive. In the neighboring village, which was situated on the sea cost in front of the mountain from 10000 inhabitants - no one survived the tsunami.
Now those places thanks to the international help are completely rebuild. The are rows of new and the same houses. Local people are smiling and greeting every single foreigner that they meet. Not to many surfers are coming here nowadays, but every single is warmly welcome by the local people.