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...fifth of Banda Aceh's population was wiped out on Dec. 26, 2004. Today, any trip to the city is incomplete without a visit to a ship heaved a mile inland and stranded amid the houses. On its top deck I meet Tisul Himat, 43, a trader from an island on Aceh's west coast, there with 10 members of her family. "We really wanted to see how Banda Aceh had been rebuilt," she says. "It's really beautiful now." Their next stop was the ship-shaped Aceh Tsunami Museum. This multimillion dollar boondoggle opened 14 months...
...most foreigners, however, Aceh's main attraction is its stunning natural heritage, starting with beaches like Lampuuk. Just outside Banda Aceh, it has a bay with golden sand and crystal waters. Weh Island, a short ferry ride away, ranks among the region's best dive spots. While skimpy swimwear is definitely out, alcohol is sold - discreetly - to non-Muslim guests at a few beach resorts and Banda Aceh hotels. A bigger problem, admits one tourism official, is the cannabis that grows in abundance in Aceh's hills and unerringly finds its way to beaches where foreign surfers congregate...
...other regional markets. Atlantic City is facing stiff competition from a flurry of neighboring states, such as Pennsylvania, Delaware, West Virginia and Maryland, that have been expanding their gaming operations beyond slot machines to include table games. At the same time, other states, such as Massachusetts and Rhode Island, are expected to legalize gambling to fill budget shortfalls...
Without a trace, sixteen-year-old Harriet Vanger vanishes from the island that houses her influential family. Her disappearance continues to haunt her family for forty years, so an old and distraught Henrik Vanger (Sven-Bertil Taube) calls the once-renowned journalist, Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nygvist), to investigate the decades-old mystery...
...York, a city of Islands and rivers, has almost no accessible waterfront. Highways line Manhattan's riverbanks. Frontage real estate in Brooklyn and Queens - which comprise the bulbous western end of Long Island - is largely postindustrial wasteland. Most New Yorkers rarely venture to Staten Island, and much of the daily commuter traffic across the Hudson and East rivers occurs underground in subways and tunnels...