Aceh

Remembering

A tsunami memorial in downtown Banda Aceh, consisting of rainbow coloured poles on an empty block of land. View arriving by boat into the...

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Wet Coconut Cakes

These locally made “KM 0 wet coconut cakes” were on the tables at a little eatery in Ipoih, Pulau Weh. Though a soggy cake...

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Kilometre Zero: Where Indonesia starts (or ends…)

Another belated Indonesia post.  No, I’m still in Australia, I haven’t gone back. “From Sabang to Merauke”. ...

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Aceh’s tsunami scars

On my last day in Banda Aceh before heading out to Pulau Weh, I wasn’t sure what to look at next. Banda Aceh is an odd place, because...

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The best crab of my life

Let me tell you the story of the best crab I’ve eaten in my life.  Twice. Lol. In Banda Aceh, just across from the Medan Hotel,...

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Pulau Weh… paradise

I could write a lot about Pulau Weh or Sabang, which is off the tip of Aceh province and is Indonesia’s most western point.  But the...

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Aceh’s delicious dishes

I wrote a little bit earlier about Aceh’s absolutely delicious coffee shop snacks and some delicious Aceh food that I ate in Jakarta....

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‘Pulau Weh… it’s alright,’ local resident says

We went to the ‘hot springs’ in Pulau Weh, but the water was so dirty and algae-covered none in our group of travelers would...

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Welcome to Banda Aceh… and its coffee shops

Aceh.  You’ve heard of it, surely?  It’s famous for quite a few things. 1. Tsunami.  In the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami, just a...

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