[elcid1970]

Wasn’t Banda Aceh the hardest hit island in the 2004 tsunami? And wasn’t it a big tourist destination before that, welcoming all those “infidels” & women in bikinis?

I hope the “infidels” are now staying away in droves.

[X-spurt]

Yep, Banda Aceh was Ground Zero for the tsunami.
The cement plant I had been to right off the beach was 3 miles from epi-center and had no warning before 100+ foot waves hit.

Although its a very beautiful place, never knew Banda Aceh or Sumatra as any tourist destination, primarily because of the mooselimbs. Nearby in Thailand had the tourist beach bikini areas hit hard too.

[Albion Wilde]

Wasn’t Banda Aceh the hardest hit island in the 2004 tsunami? And wasn’t it a big tourist destination before that, welcoming all those “infidels” & women in bikinis?

Why, yes it was. I marveled at the pix of local Asian women in the "hospitality industries" wearing miniskirted Santa costumes, as the tsunami happened on Christmas Eve, IIRC.