Big wigs having pow wow. (L-R) Drs.Nurdin A.R. (Head Museum Negeri Aceh), Dr.Hasballah M.Saad (Head Aceh Cultural Institute, former Minister for Human Rights), Prof.Anthony Reid, Dr.Ed McKinnon, and Prof.Vedi Hadiz.

Prof. Anthony Reid (director of Asia Research Institute) talking to Singaporean youth group touring Banda Aceh.

Balai Pelestarian Peninggalan Purbakala (BP3) Banda Aceh archaeologists with Ed McKinnon at Gunungan Monument.

Devastated Banda Aceh.

More devastated Banda Aceh.

Yet more devastated area.

A destroyed cemetary, human remains from a burial can just be made out in the foreground.

Chen taking a GPS point at a nias in a tsunami devastated area.

Chen walking through cemetary rubble.

Ed McKinnon at Benteng Inong Balee.

Stratification on a cliff side of Lhock Cut. Chinese Song to Ming period cermamics sherds are found in abundance.

Ed McKinnon and BP3 Banda Aceh archaeologists identifying ceramic artifacts at Lhock Cut.

McKinnon pointing out to more pot sherds. Note cliff face is eroding away by the tide.

Cliff overlooking the bay from atop Benteng Inong Balee.

Kota Lubhok 16/17th century fortified settlement.

Close up of inscription at the bottom of one of the nissans at Kota Lubhok.

Northeast bastion of Kota Lubhok.

The walls of Kota Lubhok today sits amongst a coconut plantation and schrimp ponds.

Remnants of the old fort 's bastions.

Benteng Iskandar Muda, fort of the Islamic period 16/17th century, destroyed by Tsunami.

10 Years separate the photos apart! Ed McKinnon visited site of Cot Me.

Benteng Indra Patra c.1620.

Benteng Indra Patra.

Magazines at Indra Patra.

Gun emplacements, Indra Patra.

Magazine, power room, Indra Patra.

View of environs from Indra Patra.

Remnants of a WWII Japanese pillbox on road to Benteng Indra Patra.

Another WWII pillbox dots the beach.

Prof. Reid at the launching of the Aceh Cultural Institute.