After leaving Aceh on 28 March 1979, and settled for 25 years in Uncle Sam's country, a Free Aceh Declarator (GAM), Dr Tgk Hasan Muhammad Di Tiro returned to the mountains of Aceh on Sunday 21-2-2010, for the first time after 31 years ago.
Hasan Tiro once climbed the mountain with some of his followers when declaring Aceh Merdeka on 4 December 1976 at the top of Mount Cotkhan (Bukit Halimon), Blang Keudah, Tiro District, Pidie District.
The return of mountains this time is not for war, but to enjoy the beauty of natural panorama, and see the work of former GAM combatants who have now changed their profession to become farmers.
Although in the mission and atmosphere is very different, the arrival of a man who was in GAM known as Wali, want to return to enjoy the peak of the mountain in Kuta Malacca.
The mountain which is the destination of Tgk Hasan Tiro visit is the peak of the mountain in Lam Ara Tunong Village, Kuta Malaka Subdistrict, Aceh Besar. The location is about 28 kilometers from downtown Banda Aceh.
Hasan Tiro enjoys the beauty of nature
A GAM combatant prepares a seat for Tgk Hasan Muhammad Di Tiro.
Hasan Tiro sits on a chair at the top of the Kuta Malacca mountains.
Hasan Tiro with the residents
Strawberry plantations belong to GAM combatants
Peak of Kuta Malacca
Hasan Tiro shook hands with the residents
Hasan Tiro at a cafe
The road to the mountain of Kuta Malacca
All of these photos I shot with CANON 30D
