Investigated the Labi-labi

Labi-labi station, Desa Keudah Banda Aceh

It perhaps a bit confuses you when hearing the words “labi-labi”. Labi-labi is one of public transportations in Aceh. Labi-labi means turtle that we know it moves slowly. I’ll tell you some informations about the kind of the labi-labi, the directions it goes through, etc. My purpose in making this post is to pass the subject photography.

Entrance Labi-labi station, Desa Keudah Banda Aceh

I’ll inform you about the labi-labi in Banda Aceh. Someday when you probably travel to Banda Aceh, you can take labi-labi to get you to several public attractions in the city. It operates everyday from Monday to Sunday and starts at 07.00 in the morning till an unspecified time, depends on whether there’s still fares or not, but it usually stops at 22.00.

White colored Labi-labi with direction to Darussalam

 Labi-labi direction Lhoknga ready to go

  This is labi-labi are heading to Lambaro

The place on pictures above is located in front of Istana Kado (a well-known store selling household appliances) near Mesjid Raya Baiturrachman Banda Aceh. This labi-labi stops here for couple minutes waiting for fares. I interviewed one of its drivers, he said that they stops there in order to ease the fares that brings the groceries, to get the labi-labi.

The directions given are varied so you can choose the direction to get you to the place you want. To get to the west side of the city, you can go to labi-labi station that located in Keudah. You can take one with direction to Lhoknga, a place which is well-known with its beautiful beaches.

various directions

You also can reach the east side of the city (Krueng Raya) by labi-labi. In there you can visit the harbour, many tourists come here. Besides, there’s fishing area, white-sand beach, and many other good places. It only needs about 30 minutes to be arrived in Krueng Raya from the station. You can visit Pantai Ujong Batee which is located 3 kms before the Krueng Raya Harbour. It is 1 kms after the harbour there is a temple which used to be a place where Aceh’s people resist the Dutch anchored into Indonesia mainland.

Now you can choose your destination, so as not to confuse came labi-labi station located in the Keudah village, and select one. make sure that you choose the right direction and I hope you have fun.