The 2004 Tsunami in Banda Aceh - A Quick Look at the Tsunami Museum and PLTD Apung 1

I haven't had much luck when it comes to visiting the large Tsunami Museum here in Banda Aceh. It has been closed every time I've tried to visit. It's not entirely clear why, but I think it was closed on this day because of the electrical blackouts that were common in the days and weeks following the floods and landslides in late November and early December. Luckily, I was still able to enter the grounds of the museum complex and see the building itself as well as a display of photographs that was set up outside.

From there, I walked to the PLTD Apung 1 museum, which is a museum inside a large ship that was carried ashore by the 2004 tsunami. I wasn't able to give that museum the full Planet Doug treatment either, because I arrived quite late, and I had only a half an hour to check the place out before they closed at noon for afternoon prayers.

When I shot this video, I had no idea that there was an actual museum inside the ship. I thought the ship itself WAS the museum and that simply seeing it and being able to clamber around on top of it would be the whole experience. To my surprise, there was what looked to be a set of excellent museum exhibits on the inside. I didn't have enough time to take it all in, so I decided to just look around briefly and I would return on another day when I had more time.

I did return on a different day, and I had the chance to examine all the exhibits and shoot an in-depth video about all the fascinating information there. That video will be posted to this channel soon.

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CHAPTERS
00:00 - Typhoon in Tacloban
18:32 - Tsunami Museum
38:49 - Walk to PLTD Apung 1
46:26 - Going Around PLTD Apung 1
54:06 - Climbing Aboard
01:00:45 - Going Inside
01:06:02 - Lunch & Conclusion
01:12:26 - End Credits