A decade after the 2004 tsunami, Aceh thrives again


  • Nation
  • Friday, 26 Dec 2014

BANDA ACEH: Ten years ago, Gaya Triana, 32, had never heard of the word tsunami. This, of course changed, when 20m-high waves destroyed her family home in Lampuuk, Aceh on Boxing Day, 2004.

She was having breakfast with her family at about 8am when the ground started shaking.

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