G'Day Everyone! =)
I'd also like to thank Education International for organising this trip for us. We can tell that there has been so much work to get this tour prepared for us.
Hmmm.. Where should I start? We (the Australians) arrived safely in Banda Aceh about a day after we left Sydney; it was a 7hour flight from Sydney to Jakarta, we stayed overnight at the Jakarta airport and got up at 4am to catch the 6am flight over to Banda Aceh. However, on the way there we had to stop over at Medan to pick up the rest of the participants of the tour. Finally, we arrived at Aceh, my first impression of Aceh reminded me of Vietnam; the people, the houses, the roads and even the smell!
In the afternoon of the first day, we went to go visit the Floating-land ship in Ulee. Basically, it was a huge, electricity-generating boat that was washed 4km from the shore by the tsunami. To see the boat in the middle of a village truely showed the power behind the tsunami. After that, we went to visit the Tsunami village; the place there the tsunami hit, it's just truely amazing to be where I was, and at the same time just a little saddening. To witness all the boats scattered everywhere, muddy swamps all over the place and the houses that remains damaged.
Today we went to visit 2 of the schools that EI have set up. The kids that we got to met, at first were shy, but soon enough they warmed up to us. The japanese students brought a soccer ball over for the kids as a gift and they were thrilled to kick the ball around. Although there was a language barrier between us students and the children of Indonesia, the smile on their faces showed that they were happy. It a rewarding experience to witness the lives of the kids, knowing that they will now have a happier life, with an education. This education is only made possible through the donations that the EI organisation has received from teachers and students from around the world.
Well I'm signing off now.
Take care,
Phuoc
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