Banda Aceh
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A
mosque
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A
house destroyed by the tsunami
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A
barge that floated into a village when the tsunami hit
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The
barge crushed houses, trees, and people
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Some trees underneath the
barge
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An area near the ocean still
filled with water and boats from the tsunami
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A shipwrecked boat
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Looking out into the ocean
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The tsunami wave was higher than this statue
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Where the tsunami first hit shore
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Nicky on the rocks where the tsunami hit
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Looking inward from where the tsunami hit
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The ever common Banda Aceh
side alley
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Some locals playing what
looked like dominos who asked us (Gareth and Saji on the right)
to take their picture
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The market is long, but narrow,
making for some chlostrophobic shopping
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A road in Banda Aceh near
the market
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A common sticker seen on
SUVs used by NGOs in Banda Aceh. The gun is crossed out (hard to see
in my photo). It honestly doesn't make me feel safer for everyone to
know we're unarmed.
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A large mosque
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The other side of the mosque
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A sign warning non-muslims
of the dress code inside the mosque area
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Another view of the mosque
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A baychek driver
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My desk at work (yes, I work
too)
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Nicola's Birthday!
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It's a party!
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Birthday cake--Yum!
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Angge, one of our World Vision
co-workers.
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An aerial view of Banda Aceh
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These pictures show that
parts of the coast are still under water
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Another ariel view
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This main area is still covered
by water, although you can see the land underneath.
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Elisa and me on another beach
in Banda Aceh. This is the most clothes I've ever worn on a beach!
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My favorite monument in Banda
Aceh...it's so random.
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Melanie from San Fran and Kyoko from Tokyo are
two other ADPers in Banda Aceh. They are working for Oxfam and we met
up with them at the World Food Program's bar.
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My
bed
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My
desk/closet (still unpacking)
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The
dining room
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The
kitchen
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Looking into the dining/living room
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The
living room
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My bathroom including the
water tank to the left which I use to bathe
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Chickens at a street market.
Let's hope they don't have bird flu.
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Nicola speaking with some
local children at World Vision's Children's Day
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A boy who was dancing to
the local music
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It's about 95 degrees, but
the little boys apparently love their hats
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Gareth (Nicola's boyfriend)
playing soccer with some kids at Children's Day.
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What I refer to as a 'Zebra
Tree', these painted trees line all the roadways in Banda Aceh.
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Jen and Nicola
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Me and Angge
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Tuti and me
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Nicola and Angge
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Nicola, Tuti, and me
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Me and Nicola with the procurement
staff at WV ITRT
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Junaedi, Tuti, Angge, Nicola
and me
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Me about to go in the UN
helicopter
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Me in front of the World
Food Program where we often go for lunch
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Paul, the World Vision ITRT
director, his wife Vicky, Nicola, me, and Hans
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Heading out of Banda Aceh
on our Garuda Airlines flight
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Me and Joseph after being
soaked by the wave
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Me hurrying to get off the
rockwall as I see another wave coming
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Joseph and me modeling our
wet outfits
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The boat that landed on a
house and saved over 50 people during the tsunami
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The woman who told me her
story of survival from the tsunami (on the boat above her neighbor's
house) through a translator on a previous visit and to her right I believe
is her daughter and granddaughter
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Lunch with Gilbert, his wife,
Victor, and Joseph at the World Food Program
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