Tourist attractions in Banda Aceh seem endless to visit. This area offers a lot of tourist attractions so Banda Aceh increasingly crowded tourists. But have you ever seen a ship stranded over the house? Yes, you can see it in Banda Aceh, this place is called Lampulo Ship.
Lampulo ship is indeed a unique and other attractions than others. There may not even be found a tourist attraction like the one in Banda Aceh. A ship stuck on the house is a silent witness to the tsunami tragedy that struck Aceh in 2004. Over time, the ship is immortalized into a historical tourist site that attracts the attention of tourist.
Geographically, Lampulo Ship is located in Lampulo Village, Kuta Alam Subdistrict, Banda Aceh. To reach the location of this tourist spot, tourists can use public transportation in Banda Aceh like labi-labi. In addition, it can also be reached by private vehicle which takes approximately 10 minutes from downtown Banda Aceh.
Lampulo ship is actually a ship owned by fishermen who are used to find fish at sea. The wooden vessel was slammed by the devastating tsunami waves until it dragged away 1 kilometer from Lampulo TPI. The ship was stranded up to the settlement residents, and stuck on one of the houses residents.
Charm of the Lampulo Ship
The Lampulo ship is about 25 meters long and weighs 65 tons. Actually in addition to this ship, there are still boats and other boats are dragged strong tsunami waves like the floating ship PLTD. But the attraction for tourists, lies in the ship that seemed to stuck above the house owned by residents.
After Aceh recovered, local government also took the initiative to renovate and build this place into a historical tourist site. Lampulo Ship Site was also restored, and built several facilities to provide comfort for the tourists. In this Lampulo ship, can still be found debris from the homes of residents who were destroyed by the tsunami of Aceh. His condition was still preserved and unchanged from the original form. Tourists can see there is still a living room, bedroom, kitchen and bathroom just below the ship.
a room house, has now been transformed into a mini museum to commemorate the earthquake and tsunami disaster in 2004. There are also photographs depicting Aceh's damage after the tsunami disaster. Travelers can also see, the names of people who become victims of the tsunami emblazoned in the simple room.
Lampulo ship has now built a kind of buffer made of iron, so that the position of this ship remains on top of the house. In addition, there is also a 5 meter high road built to facilitate tourists who want to ride see the ship. The government also repainted the ship, so it now looks more beautiful to look at.
Not only a mute witness how great tsunami waves that devastated Aceh, the ship is also meritorious to save tens of lives when the disaster occurred. At that time, residents were frantically looking for a high place for self-congratulations. Take them to the second floor of Mother Abasiah's house.
But the waves were so high, it almost drowned the entire house so that people in the ship to shelter from the brunt of the flood. Because of this Lampulo ship, save 59 citizens from Lampulo Village from the disaster including the owner of the house. Homeowners did not mind if the house is now used as a tourist attraction.
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