Once we're done with breakfast and such, we went to a certain special place some 15km outside of Banda Aceh city centre. The view inland shows the rows of hills and mountains known as Bukit Barisan...
The view seawards shows an island, Pulau Wei in the background...
Welcome to the Syiah Kuala tomb complex... 
This building inside houses the tomb of the celebrated 17th century saintly religious master Sheikh Abdul Rauf...
As he is buried in an area near the sea, also near to the mouth of the Aceh river, he became known as Syiah Kuala (literally, the master who is buried near the estuary)...
I like the open expanse out here. I understand that there used to be other buildings around but all were destroyed by the tsunami of 26th December 2004 which ravaged Aceh.
The view seawards with the newly-built embankment in view...
I was told that the shores used to be a further 500 metres or more out into the sea. But it got washed away during the tsunami and thus this enbankment was built to stop further erosion.
A view of the tomb complex from the embankment. That's all! :]
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