I believe many know or have heard about the Tsunami of 26th December 2004 which ravaged Aceh and took the lives of over 200,000 of its inhabitants. Well now, some 5 years later they have a museum to remember what had happened.
On its first floor is plenty of water, perhaps symbolic of the Tsunami itself...
However the upper part which should house some exhibits was not opened yet when I went there on 15 June. Still the lower floor has some visitors treating it as a recreational place...
Behind lies a cemetery which if I remember correctly is called the Kherkoff. For here lies the bodies on many Dutch soldiers who lost their lives in the war against Aceh. While it has nothing to do with the Tsunami, it is interesting to note that the cemetery lies within a patch of land which used to be part of the Aceh palace and garden complex. In the background, one could see a famous remnant from that era. Look at the article
Gunongan... in the blogspot
SENI LAMA MELAYU (MALAY OLDEN ART) .
Slightly further at the outskirts of the city of Banda Aceh lies this huge ship on dry ground.
For the record, this 160-metre plus long ship housing an offshore electric generator was washed up more than 5 miles inland during the Tsunami and then left here when the water subsided!
Nearby, lies another monument to remember what had happened during the Tsunami. We'll procede with another story after this...
I believe many know or have heard about the Tsunami of 26th December 2004 which ravaged Aceh and took the lives of over 200,000 of its inhabitants. Well now, some 5 years later they have a museum to remember what had happened.
On its first floor is plenty of water, perhaps symbolic of the Tsunami itself...
However the upper part which should house some exhibits was not opened yet when I went there on 15 June. Still the lower floor has some visitors treating it as a recreational place...
Behind lies a cemetery which if I remember correctly is called the Kherkoff. For here lies the bodies on many Dutch soldiers who lost their lives in the war against Aceh. While it has nothing to do with the Tsunami, it is interesting to note that the cemetery lies within a patch of land which used to be part of the Aceh palace and garden complex. In the background, one could see a famous remnant from that era. Look at the article Gunongan... in the blogspot SENI LAMA MELAYU (MALAY OLDEN ART) .
Slightly further at the outskirts of the city of Banda Aceh lies this huge ship on dry ground.
For the record, this 160-metre plus long ship housing an offshore electric generator was washed up more than 5 miles inland during the Tsunami and then left here when the water subsided!
Nearby, lies another monument to remember what had happened during the Tsunami. We'll procede with another story after this...
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