This is a view from the place called Uleelheue just outside Banda Aceh. The name sounded like a Swiss yodel or something isn't it? In fact it sounded so funny to me that I never thought it was the real name of a place in Aceh, a place which gained prominence after the Tsunami of 26th December 2004.
Another superb view there. For Uleelheue being a coastal area was one of the place worst-hit by the Tsunami. Yet when I was there on 15 June 2009 which is actually less than four and a half-years later, all signs of destruction looked almost non-existent...
Bear in mind that most of the infrastuctures here, plants included were totally destroyed and washed away by the huge tidal wave that is the Tsunami. Only few structures managed to survive the impact if I recall correctly and suffered minimal damage. One of it is the Baiturrahim mosque with its later-built minaret seen here. I will post an article on the mosque in the blogspot
SENI LAMA MELAYU (MALAY OLDEN ART) later.
Here is an inland view with the mountain Seulawah Agam in the background left. Somewhere behind it lies 'his mate' Seulawah Inong, both noted to be extint volcanoes if I remember correctly. For the record, Agam is the Acehnese word for man of male, Inong is woman or female. Thus the words Seulawah Agam and Seulawah Inong literally mean male and female Seulawah respectively!
The opposite view, that is towards the opposite direction...
And that's my wife to the right and our driver @ tourist guide to the left. That's all here for the night. Cheers! :]
This is a view from the place called Uleelheue just outside Banda Aceh. The name sounded like a Swiss yodel or something isn't it? In fact it sounded so funny to me that I never thought it was the real name of a place in Aceh, a place which gained prominence after the Tsunami of 26th December 2004.
Another superb view there. For Uleelheue being a coastal area was one of the place worst-hit by the Tsunami. Yet when I was there on 15 June 2009 which is actually less than four and a half-years later, all signs of destruction looked almost non-existent...
Bear in mind that most of the infrastuctures here, plants included were totally destroyed and washed away by the huge tidal wave that is the Tsunami. Only few structures managed to survive the impact if I recall correctly and suffered minimal damage. One of it is the Baiturrahim mosque with its later-built minaret seen here. I will post an article on the mosque in the blogspot SENI LAMA MELAYU (MALAY OLDEN ART) later.
Here is an inland view with the mountain Seulawah Agam in the background left. Somewhere behind it lies 'his mate' Seulawah Inong, both noted to be extint volcanoes if I remember correctly. For the record, Agam is the Acehnese word for man of male, Inong is woman or female. Thus the words Seulawah Agam and Seulawah Inong literally mean male and female Seulawah respectively!
The opposite view, that is towards the opposite direction...
And that's my wife to the right and our driver @ tourist guide to the left. That's all here for the night. Cheers! :]
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