Calang It takes more than six hours to travel from Banda Aceh to Calang, the capital of Aceh Jaya regency, the town which was temporarily dead when the tsunami struck. Eighteen months have passed, and yet Calang is still yet to return to its former glory as expected of a capital of a regency. It lags far behind other areas which were also devastated by the waves.

At only 180 kilometers from Banda Aceh, Calang is one of the areas most fully destro