Travelling to Aceh, the Most Conservative Province in Indonesia (Medan to Banda Aceh Bus) 🇮🇩

Leaving Medan, I take an overnight bus to Banda Aceh in Sumatra, Indonesia.
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I'm Jason, a full-time British Travel Vlogger and KZbinr who's been to 61 countries. I've been travelling around the world full-time since 2017.
I have travel series' from many of the world's best (and least) known destinations. I filmed the first vlogs on my channel in the summer of 2016 after spending a year living in China. A proper solo trip around Eastern Europe followed after graduating from University in the summer of 2017, taking me to Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Kosovo. This marked the start of my efforts to turn vlogging into a full-time job.
After that European trip I explored much of Asia: visiting India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Pakistan, the Philippines, South Korea and Kazakhstan.
I have also travelled to North Africa and the Middle East fairly extensively over the last five years, filming videos in Turkey, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel and Palestine.
I've travelled to North America just once as a KZbinr, visiting Mexico in 2021. Though I have been to both the USA and Canada, this was as a child on family holidays.
In 2022, I took my first trip to Sub Saharan Africa, visiting Kenya and Tanzania, before heading to the Middle East, stopping in Dubai and Lebanon. Europe followed, covering both the Greek and Turkish sides of Cyprus, and afterwards going back to Italy for the second time to cover Milan and Sicily. I then visited the Caribbean for the first time, covering the Dominican Republic, before heading to both Brussels and Amsterdam, then covering Taiwan and the Philippines in Asia. I finished off the year with a trip around Morocco.
I started my travels in 2023 by finally visiting Paris, taking the Eurostar from London. I then headed over to Qatar for a few days, before heading to Asia, with videos following from India, Singapore, Taiwan, Japan, Mongolia, Thailand and Sumatra (Indonesia).
#medan #aceh #indonesia

[@marydawkins4190]

It's easy for us westerners to forget that most Muslims are not in the Middle East. Looks like a beautiful city.

[@mcbchannel7173]

And many Westerners think Muslims are bad and ter**rist like those in the conflict countries of the Middle East while in fact, the biggest Muslim population in the world is in Indonesia, and the Muslims there vibing casually just like any Western secular nations.

[@PFXQ]

But Indonesian muslim are not pious as middleast,

[@wanderlustasia]

Nice one Jason. I used to catch those overnight buses a lot pre tsunami while the civil war was on. I could write a book about my 8 years living in Aceh. Hope you get over to Weh Island and/or the island west of it. Looking forward to your next vlog. Willy

[@triratnawati6490]

Welcome back to Indonesia, Jason ...Aceh people are nice&friendly. Pls don't forget Tsunami Museum in Banda Aceh. Thank you for visiting Indonesia. Best regards from Jkt.

[@iinarrab19]

Always awesome, Jason!

[@parkash9999]

Nice video as always ❤❤.

[@IT-rj4gf]

In Indonesia's Aceh province in Northern Sumatra, waves reached 167 feet (51 meters) and caused flooding up to three miles (five kilometers) inland. On the other side of the ocean, in Somalia, waves ranged in height from 11 to 31 feet (3.4 to 9.4 meters). ❤

[@IT-rj4gf]

It's hard to imagine a wave that is 51 meters tall..... That's a wall of water half a city block high !!!

[@user-lz8ji4by2p]

interesting to see Aceh. Glad to see you travel there. Looking forward to see more of your adventures there in the next videos!

[@simpleman6327]

Stay safe wherever you are, Jason! Happy exploring!

[@Sawmill.skills.indonesia]

Thank you very much for your visit. Waiting for the next visit

[@dlthomas1451]

Excellent video, Jason! Love the haircut and style change!

[@megagolf23]

Beautiful ❤️ Thank you for video

[@elizabethcraig5825]

Nice video Jason, as usual. Have fun and take us along.😊

[@ArumWaharatri]

Great that you made it to Aceh from Medan 🙏

[@roelvillamor1471]

such a wonderful journey!

[@danielvalenzuela9764]

Always thumbs up for your video coverage Jason. Wow it always seems that I am there traveling with you in the way that you film. Very cool and very professional. Great place there anxious to continue. Peace to you too.

[@JauneMacReady]

Interesting one, Jason. I see you've made your thumbnail a bit more conservative for this one. One heck of a colourful bus you traveled up in. Not sure everyone was impressed with the buskers 😂 As always a very intimate and enjoyable video from you of a wonderful part of the world. Thanks for sharing.

[@afrianaauliya6964]

Beautiful videos❤

[@TheSwede70]

Great! This will be very interesting. I never made it to Aceh back in the 90's! Also the most hard hit area in 2004 tsunami as you probably already know.

[@sreypichtvshow6059]

Travelling to Aceh is very interesting for me. I really want to visit there someday, please keep up more. Thanks for your sharing😘🌺🌹😍

[@princeali2555]

Looking sharp - nice haircut !😍

[@adinata2888]

Finally on Banda Aceh, nice city, pedestrian walk not so comfort, crowded road at busy time..wanna eat mie aceh someday , seem so delicous like you said sir..hope you enjoy..video bagussss

[@dadangnugroho8047]

Nice and interesting video Jason. That's amazing you showing the underrated place in Indonesia. But we need more longer videos Jason. It's too short video, minimal 1 hours duration hahaha im joking. Probably dont skip part you bought somekind snacks in minimarket and review a local food when you ate in the warung. Btw i like your accent, can't wait for the next videos

[@Aska641]

Welcome to Aceh brother. 👍

[@ZiyandaKamal-qy3ec]

Thanks bro your coming my cauntry Acheh

[@cobe2043]

Terima kasih sudah berkunjung ke Banda Aceh.

[@pi1392]

Love love love Indonesia.

[@AubreyBeauford]

Good video, good shower, and good night Jason.

[@castadiva1747]

Hello Jason, As always a pleasure to watch your videos for the information you transmit, for the no-fuss manner and above all listening to the way you speak English. For me it's like a massage on the eardrums. Tell me, could you tell me what diseases you are vaccinated against? Thank you very much, Jason.

[@hamzan6896]

Love Shariah law. Hope to move there or to Iran Afghanistan soon ❤

[@barryryan5187]

🤣🤣🤣

[@lostinasia888]

Aceh is very safe, enjoy !

[@dariab6796]

Cute blankets 🐞

[@AjayKumar-fe1uc]

Welcome

[@tukangkomen2980]

Aceh is Beautiful

[@sybel9744]

I was in Banda Aceh last May. What an amazing place. I can recommend the best driver/guide ever.

[@yousefhamze1953]

Hey there, can you recommend me a guide over there?

[@andrewcoogans471]

Oh wow, 9 days was my longest without a shower and it was also in Mongolia! Yuk! Can't wait to go to Indonesia though, a really good friend of mine lives in Surabaya.

[@ajiputra4771]

Wonderful ACEH banda Aceh❤❤❤❤❤

[@gilberttello08]

Hello from Philippines

[@nicholaspearson4246]

Jasoh you look excellent with that haircut

[@wijayasalim8244]

nice bus .

[@viniciusvoon8564]

❤

[@simsgazytech2013]

Welcome to the city with less pollution ( other cities, Maluku, Papua, etc) in Indonesia. This year I had a working trip in Aceh for two weeks, went home to Jakarta, and got ISPA the following week. LOL.

[@monkeytime9851]

Did you see the big ship that washed ashore during the tsunami, or the fishing boat on top of the house? Those were pretty interesting to me when I was there.

[@RahmatHidayat-yp5ok]

Welcome to Banda Aceh Jason 🎉🎉, Aceh province islam mayorite 😊

[@pushpasharma5591]

So nice good.night

[@AmazingGrace-tl1zr]

สวัสดีค่ะคุณเจสัน 🙏❤️

[@user-xx9up2xl7o]

Hello my friend Jason, I miss your wonderful videos and amazing photography, but why is the video short? 😊😊😜

[@JasonBillamTravel]

I suppose 17 minutes is short by my standards... I'm hoping to upload more videos, more frequently, so they'll be a little shorter at times.

[@user-xx9up2xl7o]

​@@JasonBillamTravel Ah thanks Jason we love you g we support you kisses 🥰😘🌹❤

[@zalanahara270]

vey nice.

[@emarketeersagency]

nice

[@fahadamjad3180]

Acehe is great yes u should take shower and a deap sleep.have nice dreams.😊

[@user-rk5zt9jp5n]

สวัสดีค่ะ 🙏💖

[@IErfanCN]

Ok,

[@PennTrafford]

Do you ever use earplugs when traveling? I find that Mack’s Pillow Soft Silicone Putty Earplugs are indispensable,

[@fian8661]

Why so short video😢

[@simonyang-pe3ux]

It's too dark to see any thing😭

[@simpangempat1864]

Welcome to Aceh. You can n'joy at valy very religius & this Muslim country. Wel You go back to Penang & Kuala lumpur by flyght.

[@peeraponsangchai290]

🤍🤍

[@Andrelour]

I travelled overland all the way from Sumatra to Lombok in 1993 and it was the most beatiful trip I've ever made. Unfortunately, Indonesia was very traumatic to me as a nature and animal lover. It was by far one of the most cruel ( towards animals) and destructive people I've ever seen! Every local I met told me that shopping malls, concrete buildings, big cities were the best thing on earth. People just burned and destroyed vegetation for no reason and view animal life as things to be used and abused or killed for no reason. Their understanding of nature and animals was like it was all a nuissance, an obstacle to remove and build cities, shopping malls and buildings 😢😢😢😢

[@Si_nengatcha]

Good thing it has changed ( not all), but younger generation now are more environment (and animal) aware. In 1993, we just started development, so that's why perhaps people see concrete building and the "it".

[@youtubeku3113]

gojek apps

[@chrisclarke7828]

Pity the toilet is not as flash as the bus.

[@craigkreig589]

Banda Aceh people not smoke too much. Good luck on the bus. They will like you. No different from other areas of Indonesia. 🇮🇩 You won’t find Indomaret. Local vendors rule. Have fun.

[@almostwins8270]

Indomaret, Alfamart, McDonald's And everything is in Banda Aceh.

[@Aska641]

All international culinary booth you can find easier in Banda Aceh

[@90taetaeya]

It is actually illegal to even be gay in that region, and gay tourist a few years ago got whipped!

[@hansel.2105]

There was no case of any foreign citizens caned in the Aceh province. However, mostly the ones that used to apply radical sharia law was the seperatists, the Indonesian Nationalists in Aceh are actually somewhat secular, and moderate. Only the ex-seperatists and current seperatist parties are hardliner.

[@thomaschan69]

You call murders and fascists conservative?

[@Jaywalker45]

The local supports Sharia law idiot bigot nobody thinks like as a white person do in west in aceh they don't follow liberal culture there!

[@MultiDivebomber]

Banda Aceh is a lot safer than many western cities. Far less murders and burglary. No stupid woke culture too.

[@shahmizulfanshahrein3953]

Source: cnn news👹🖕🏼