Indonesia: Pulau Weh [Sumatra] - May 2014
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Français Ten days off. Ten days of freedom. From May 10 to May 20, 2014, I left. In Pulau Weh, Indonesia.
Take off again
"Nooo!!?"
"Again?"
"Tell me it's not true!!!"
I burst out laughing when I discovered the little indignant-amused words of colleagues and friends on my Facebook page.
Yes, Indonesia again. The journey has its reasons that reason does not know.
My destination: Pulau Weh, a small island off the coast of Banda Aceh, in the west of Sumatra.
It was short but intense. I don't regret at all this escapade, decided almost at the last minute. Pulau Weh regenerated me. The trip itself has exhilarated me. Rennes - Paris - Abu Dhabi - Kuala Lumpur - Banda Aceh - Pulau Weh. Too long, too complicated, too tiring? Carried by the joy of this new trip, I plunged back into the atmosphere of the airports with delight, and went through the successive immigration controls with bliss.
Departures give me wings. I feel each time like a kid who was offered an extra ride.
Gare de Rennes.
Charles de Gaulle airport.
Embark on Etihad.
KLIA airport.
KLIA2 airport.
KLIA2 airport.
Where is the best on the plane? Front, middle or back?
My faithful companions.
Banda Aceh from the sky.
Pulau Weh
Pulau Weh is the most western and northern inhabited island of the archipelago. On the western tip of Sumatra, in the province of Banda Aceh, it is the "kilometer zero" of Indonesia.
There is a beach there, Gapang, that I liked a lot during a previous trip, four years ago, and that I wanted to see again. A quiet and authentic place. As in 2010, I settled in one of the bungalows of the excellent Lumba Lumba diving center.
If you want to have a look, all my articles about the 2010 trip are at the end of this link :
→ Pulau Weh - Sumatra - Indonesia - March 2010
In May 2014, the beach has hardly changed. Atmosphere always as peaceful, at high tide, at low tide...
The people of Gapang are always so friendly and welcoming. The tourists who choose to come here are almost all divers.
On land and underwater, Indonesia is irresistible...
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