Friday, July 22, 2005
Flowers growing by the mass graves - Ujung Karang, Meulaboh.
Sunset at Ground Zero - Ujung Karang, Meulaboh.
Ruins of building - Suak Ribee, Meulaboh.
Aceh is very beautiful. The waves are awesome, and I imagine before the tsunami polluted the beaches with tonnes of debris and pieces of houses, the coast was really really beautiful. If it weren't for the political situation there I bet it would have become a popular tourist spot eons ago. It's hard to think that over 100,000 people lost their lives there, and that the pile of rubble in front of you used to be someone's home.
It was a really enriching experience, and so amazing because Aceh is so different and yet there are little pockets of comfortable familiarity around. (And it helped that the translator I was with was a complete dear =P)
Feels weird being back in Singapore. Feels weird starting school again. Everything just seems so long ago.
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