Standing strong: A mosque is the only surviving building in Lampu’uk, a once-bustling beach town 20km west of hard-hit Banda Aceh. Before the area was turned into rubble by the tsunami, it was popular with tourists for its waves, clean white sand, grilled fish, and coconut drinks. — Photos: The Jakarta Post
Some vibrancy has returned but many survivors are still preoccupied with just daily survival needs.
A SUNNY Sunday at the beach is lovely in the Aceh capital, and more and more visitors descend on the sands and sea in the afternoon. Girls pose for pictures in a row, their clothes covered in sand. Families enjoy grilled fish in the thatched open huts while babies have a grand time rocking in their swings brought from home and hung from the beams, sleeping to the sound of breaking waves and the breeze – a rarity in town.
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