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| SPONSORED
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PanEco
General Sponsor
YEL
Sponsor of Tangkahan &
Bukit Lawang
Sumatra Savages
Sponsor of Tongging
YPB
Sponsor of Pulau Banyak
Sponsors for Pulau Weh, Pulo Aceh, Kuala Baru, Singkil and Simeulue needed.
Pulau Weh and Pulo Aceh:
Diving photos by courtesy of
Rubiah Tirta Divers,
Lumba Lumba Diving Centre, and Aaron Callander and their
friends. Most photos on land by Mahmud Bangkaru. Tangkahan:
Photos by Mahmud Bangkaru and Ian Singleton. Bukit Lawang:
Photos by Abdul Halim, Mrs. Sita, Perry van Duinhoven, Mahmud
Bangkaru, Charlotte, Peter Jaeggi, and Saraswati. Pulau Banyak:
Photos by Mahmud Bangkaru, Maggie Muurmans, Ben Tapley, Müffel
Gaberthüel, Jennifer Cord, Peter Biver, Lukmanul Hakim, Bangkaru
Patrol Staff. Tongging: Photos by Halim, Dickson Palawi, Adam
Nainggolan, and Mahmud Bangkaru. Simeulue: Photos by Akil
Rozha, PODSI Simeulue and Mahmud Bangkaru. Singkil and Kuala
Baru: Photos by Mahmud Bangkaru, Müffel Gabertüel,
Joko Guntoro,
bazandbev@yahoo.com, Senne Vliegen.
Text and maps by Mahmud Bangkaru.
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- Bring at least two copies of your passport.
- There is no money changer.
- There is a post office in Desa P. Balai.
- There are health centers in P. Balai, Haloban and Ujung
Sialit.
- The villages of P. Balai, P. Baguk, and Teluk Nibung has
electricity for 24 hrs. Haloban and Asantola between 17.00 and
08.00. Ujung Sialit and Suka Makmur from 18.00 until app.
midnight.
- Mobile phone can be used in the Eastern part of the
archipelago (Telkomsel and Indosat), but later this year there
will be coverage in most areas.
- Most islands have mosquitoes, some many and others not at all.
Malaria is present. Use prophylactics and insect repellant (see
YOUR HEALTH under
PRACTICALITIES).
- As most of the food supplies are imported from Sibolga and
Singkil, shortages of certain products can occur.
- The sun can be very strong and the reflections from the sea
makes it so much more powerful. Use good sun lotion or sun block.
- A hat or cap and sun glasses are always useful in Pulau
Banyak.
- Hats, t-shirts, and sarongs can be bought in Balai and
Haloban.
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