Tsunami

                                                                               taylor, jason decaires

Image:1 Courtesy of Tess' Magpie

 Image:2 Dainty little cottages hurriedly constructed, typical of post Tsunami construction patterns

 Image:3 One of the memorials of mass graves

 Image:4 Life goes on. Taken at the week-end market on Jan 15,2012

 Image:5 The imposing International Airport completed in 2008 apparently with the German government's assistance

Image:6 One of the many billboards imploring for the tourist dollar

I was in Bandar Acheh for the week-end. Not much of the remnants of destruction of the 2004 tsunami are seen on the ground. Reconstruction had apparently taken a fast pace the past 7 years.

They were overwhelmed

Walls of water stories high

It came suddenly

A city flattened

Devastation in its wake

Human lives were snuffed

Seven years after

A people vindicated

Unhindered with pride

Inspired by Tess' Magpie#100