This is the story we started when we met Martunis. A story about the local fishing community and how it has been affected – or rather devastated.
But many boats ended up like this one – miles from the sea.
But we did find one fisherman who had boats though all his equipment had been stolen to take us out.
We went to an island called Sabang just to the north east on Banda Aceh – don’t like this photo – I did and still do need to loose weight.
On the way to get the picture above we had to swap boats to the safety boat. Ian was not too happy about this.
Once we transferred the safety oat then broke down!
Once at Sabang and landing just as a storm blew it we entered the Mystery Van – ala Scooby Doo. This is the view from inside.
There is a two inch strip to look through that is clear!
The driver took us to this village which had been struck by the wave. We were here 21 days after the tsunami hit and they told us that we were the first outsiders to visit – including the government. Instead they had built a refugee camp nearby for the family’s that had been displaced. Thankfully very few had died here.
Back at the ferry we stopeed to have a cup of tea and some local sweets. As you can see its still better than India!
Sadly we did have to leave the Mystery Van behind…
On the way back we saw a pod of dolphins who only played for a little before they disappeared. Jumping just the once.
