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A backpacker’s guide to Gapang Beach + Banda Aceh
Where is this? Pulau Weh is a tiny island off the western tip of Sumatra (and Indonesia) and Banda Aceh, capital of Aceh province, is right across the water. "Quite a few" is the best way to describe the tourist numbers
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Quick stories from Sumatra
-People are pretty friendly, as is generally the case in SE Asia, but here they have a love for taking selfies with any westerner they see - basically, we're like rock stars to them. We travellers have made a bit
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Pulau Weh: “he saw a shark and he’s a f**king snorkeler”
I first heard of Aceh, Sumatra, when doing a school project on the Middle East. Whilst investigating whether Islam and democracy could work, I looked at Indonesia, and the province of Aceh came up. A balanced opinion on the internet