Taman Tepi Laut Cottage (Tel 770095; basic doubles 20,000Rp, cottages 65,000-130,000Rp) is the place to go if you want to relax in comfort. It has immaculate rooms and cottages and a saltwater pool fed by the incoming tide.
This was a hotel owned by one of the project staff's family. It was a pretty well known resort in these parts. There was a 30-room hotel, a restaurant, 2 swimming pools, the family house and the garage. The tsunami flattened the hotel and wiped away the entire property. Haykall's mother was in her car when the waves came and was swept up to the top of the mountain where she wondered by herself for 2 days in the jungle before being discovered.
The family doesn't have the fund to rebuild the hotel but is now raising money to start a small coffee shop on the property. I hope one day they will be able to rebuild.
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