Lumba Lumba

This is the front of the Lumba Lumba diveshop. There is a line on the top row of windows indicating how far up the Tsunami reached. The tree just behind the shed on the left was the one that the owners of the shop, Ton and Marjan, had to hold on to to save their lives. I am sitting on those benches as I am writing, but it is just impossible to imagine the horror of that day.

Going Up

August 10th 2010
Ramadan, Tsunami and going up Hi again. In a little while I will be heading out on a night dive which is also going to be the last dive here on Pulau Weh for now. Tomorrow I will be going back to Sumatra and heading up into the mountains to go trekking in the jungle. When I laid out my plan in the dive shop Eric, an American from Connecticut and Sylvia, a Canadian from Victoria, ... read more

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The Dutch began to colonize Indonesia in the early 17th century; the islands were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. Indonesia declared its independence after Japan's surrender, but it required four years of intermittent negotiations, recurring hos... ... read more

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