Jakarta may now control their lives but an independent streak still runs through the veins of the Banda Aceh province, with a growing number of writers, discussions of morality and pirated DVDs.
Banda Aceh
Letter from...: Aceh: the only Jew in the village
This Indonesian province takes its Islam very seriously. The provincial parliament of Aceh recently passed a criminal bylaw that supported the death penalty, stoning and flogging for homosexual acts and adultery.
Banda Aceh: the new grief tourism hotspot
Five years after the tsunami devastated Banda Aceh, Indonesia, grief tourism is beginning. A new commemorative museum has opened and washed up boats are serving as tourist attractions.
