For decades, surfers have been taking risky trips to hard-to-reach places across Indonesia looking for the ideal wave. One of the most prized destinations is Aceh, where Elliot Foote, Steph Weisse, ...

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Rescue operations on Nias and Simeuleu are made difficult by lack of earth-moving equipment to clear roads from rubble. International community is sending aid and pledges economic support. Jakarta ...

Australians Elliot Foote, Steph Weisse, Will Teagle and Jordan Short have miraculously been found alive this afternoon after their boat was caught in bad weather off Indonesia on Sunday. They were ...

Two green sea turtles rescued from hunters on June 29, 2024, were released into Banyak Island waters in Aceh Singkil, Aceh, Indonesia on July 19, 2024. (ANTARA/HO-Polsek Pulau Banyak) The protected ...

Pulse is a luxury, 72-foot aluminum power catamaran, custom-designed and built specifically for surf charters — mostly in the Banyak Islands, North Sumatra, Indonesia, an idyllic, wave-rich surfing ...

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Don't miss out on the headlines from National. Followed categories will be added to My News. Steph Weisse, Jordan Short and Will Teagle, were rescued about 11am AEST on Tuesday, The Daily Telegraph ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Aceh Singkil administration, in collaboration with the Aceh Culture and Tourism Agency, holds a festival in Banyak Islands on July 24 and 25, 2016, to promote the region’s ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The situation on the tiny Banyak island group was confused today, with officials from the United Nations claiming there'd been no loss ...

Abundant in fish, the Banyak Islands ' a group of 99 islets off the southwest coast of Singkil, Aceh ' have been a frequent target for poachers. At least until Panglima Laot (' Sea Commander' ), a ...