Aceh Tsunami Museum

The controversial Tsunami Museum in Aceh, Indonesia, will come to represent a fitting place for reflection but at its opening last week a row over the 700 families still to be re-housed overshadowed the event.

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Exotic and Beautiful White Sand in Lampuuk Beach

This white sand beach offers you the fresh air atmosphere, special for you who are looking for tranquil holiday ever. You are not allowed to swim there, but surfing and sailing are exceptions. Read more…

Masjid Raya Baiturrahman Banda Aceh

Masjid Baiturrahman represents one of the first examples of a domed mosque in Southeast Asia. Perhaps more importantly, the mosque is an architectural embodiment of the political role Islam has played in Indonesia. Built by the Dutch in 1879 and completed in 1881, it was intended to appease the Acehnese during the bloody Dutch led Aceh War. Furthermore, additions made to the mosque in 1957 were meant to symbolically link the largely separatist region of Aceh to the Republic of Indonesia.

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