Even when we arrived, at the end of April, the power of the tsunami was obvious.

No picture could show how far the destruction stretched.

Or close up, it was overwheming.

This beach is actually the same one pictured on the previous web page, where we have so much fun.

You can see what I meant about it returning to its natural state.

By the time we got here most of the debirs had been cleaned up and the water had drained, at least in Banda Aceh, where we live.

Many boats like this were carried more than a mile onto land

Over 130,000 people died in Aceh...

More women than men were killed. In one village alone 75% of the women died.

Many more children than adults died, often ripped from their parents arms

Survivors were left with broken pieces