| Punta Banda is not a large estuary, and during falling tides most of the Western Sandpipers concentrate at one area. |
| The incident caused a traffic jam along the Banda Aceh-Medan route as police officers conducted a sweep of the area hoping to apprehend the attackers, but to no avail. |
| Three hundred Sikh cavaliers in battle array accompanied Banda to a distance of eight kilometers to give him final send off. |
| Standing in Banda Aceh as the disaster unfolded around him, he knew he had captured the startling images of the tragedy. |
| Traffic in Banda Aceh, home to 400,000 people, was busy as motorized trishaws bajaj competed with cars and motorbikes for space. |
| Australia and the US are controlling air traffic at Banda Aceh airport, trucks are moving in from Medan and the east coast ports are chockers. |
