"Banda Aceh" by erion
written: 15 August 2000 last time there: September 1998
If you go to Pinang bus station, which is about 10kms west of Medan city you can take buses to Banda Aceh in the west, which is the Islamic stronghold of Indonesia. It is a 9 " 10 hour bus ride but worth it to be amongst a very different type of local peoples. This province is recognised as a special religious zone by the Indonesian Government " much like Yogyakarta. The Acehenese have an amazing history and it is worth reading up on this before you go and while you are there. It is very relaxed part of Indo and I stayed at a decent place called Losmen Palembang on Jalan Khairil Anwar in Banda Aceh city for next to nothing.
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