Banda Aceh

Best travel reports from Banda Aceh

Banda Aceh – Sharia law after the tsunami

After weeks of laziness in Thailand in April and May 2026, I made a radical change of scenery and visited Banda Aceh in the north of the Indonesian island of Sumatra.

Aceh – how Sharia is enforced

In Banda Aceh, I happened to witness the relentless application of Sharia in the province of Aceh - during a public whipping.