Interesting Quotes from my Aceh Trip
“I don’t think we were very nice to Indonesia” - Dutch tourist, referring to Indonesia as a Dutch colony before 1945, after I asked her if she needed a visa to visit Indonesia. She said yes.
“Before Tsunami, everything chaos. After Tsunami, peace. Because after Tsunami, both sides no more” - local Acehnese who worked for the United Nations mediating peace sanctions between separatists and the Indonesian government before the Tsunami in 2004.
“On Google, a lot… YouTube” - Acehnese van driver, after being asked where they published photos of the Tsunami disaster, assuming a heritage site or a museum.
“Half of the people on the AirAsia flight you see come from Malaysia after hospital. In Malaysia, after treatment, no problem. In Indonesia, you go hospital, pay a lot of money, the problem fix, but maybe another problem happen. No guarantee.” - ex-UN Acehnese, on how Indonesians frequently travel to Malaysia for affordable and better medical treatment and surgery.
“10 meter” - Acehnese van driver, on how high the waters came up to in the towns, during the Tsunami.
“I have a sister in Seremban. She has a business there, with license, selling jewelry and women’s accessories. She ask me to go there, but I don’t want. I like it here, near the beach. Simple life, you know?” - ex-UN Acehnese
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