On 2nd of November 2003 a flash flood hit Bukit Lawang in Northern Sumatra, Indonesia. The disaster destroyed the local tourist resorts and had a devastating impact to the local tourism industry in the area. Around 400 houses, 3 mosques, 8 bridges, 280 kiosks and food stalls, 35 hotels and guest houses were destroyed by the flood, including 239 people (5 of them were tourists) were killed and around 1,400 locals lost their homes. Local authorities and an environmental NGO attributed it to illegal logging. Here is one of the new bridges connecting life from one side of the river to the

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