A boat on a house
Since the 2004 tsunami.
A wooden fishing boat about twenty-five metres long and weighing some twenty tonnes that has sat on the roof of a house in Lampulo since the tsunami of 26 December 2004, after the waves carried it about a kilometre from its mooring in the harbour. Newly built and never yet sailed, it became a lifeboat that day: neighbourhood residents climbed aboard to escape the water, and fifty-nine people survived on it. The boat was left where it came to rest as a memorial, with a platform and stairs built around it so visitors can see it up close and look over the neighbourhood, and panels telling the story of the survivors, their names and the house's owner. Entry is free or by small donation. The site is small, needing twenty minutes to half an hour, but it is one of the most moving tsunami memorials. Combine it with the Aceh Tsunami Museum and the PLTD Apung floating power station, which the waves carried into the middle of the neighbourhoods, on a tour remembering the disaster in the city.
Since the 2004 tsunami.
Sheltered on its deck.
See the boat up close.
Lampulo, Kuta Alam, north Banda Aceh
Yes, it is the same boat where the waves left it; it was never moved, only given a platform and supports to protect it.