When the sea takes more than it gives

19 May 2007 - A few days on a row high tidal waves - not tsunami's - have pounded many coastal areas in Indonesia. This caused the loss of hundreds of homes and dozens of fishing boats. These high waves, caused by strong winds over the Indian Ocean , sometimes reached up to seven meters and washed hundreds of meters inland at some locations. In this phootobook pictures from a beach at the southern side of Java, Parangtritis.

		No swimming The southern beaches of many islands at the southern edge of the Indonesian archipelago are known for their ...			Dirt and trash On the beach of Parangtritis, the province of Yogyakarta, Central Java, debris that hasn't been taken away from ...			Washed away On the beach of Parangtritis, the province of Yogyakarta, Central Java, the first rows of warung (food stalls) ...
		Washed away On the beach of Parangtritis, the province of Yogyakarta, Central Java, the first rows of warung (food stalls) ...			Heavy erosion On the beach of Parangtritis, the province of Yogyakarta, Central Java, heavy erosion has washed away up to ...			Completely destroyed On the beach of Parangtritis, the province of Yogyakarta, Central Java, are still some walls ...
		New landscape With the local landscape rapidly changing over the last two days, this horse and it's boss have a ...			Abandoned On the beach of Parangtritis, the province of Yogyakarta, Central Java, the first rows of warung (food stalls) ...			Abandoned On the beach of Parangtritis, the province of Yogyakarta, Central Java, the first rows of warung (food stalls) ...
		Destroyed Just off the beach of Parangtritis, the province of Yogyakarta, Central Java, are some small buildings left. First ...			Flattened On the beach of Parangtritis, the province of Yogyakarta, Central Java, the first rows of bamboo and straw ...			Flattened On the beach of Parangtritis, the province of Yogyakarta, Central Java, the first rows of bamboo and straw ...
		Without work This man, a seller of polaroid photo's, sees his working area destroyed by nature for the third time ...			Destroyed Just off the beach of Parangtritis, the province of Yogyakarta, Central Java, are some small buildings left. First ...			Almost unemployed These men, which try to sell locally made products to tourists, see their working area destroyed by nature ...
		Cleaning Some locals are cleaning up the mess that is left by huge waves that struck the beach of ...			Washed away On the beach of Parangtritis, the province of Yogyakarta, Central Java, te sewer and buildings built from bamboo ...			Cleaning Some locals are cleaning up the mess that is left by huge waves that struck the beach of ...
		New wave Just as the sea starts to calm down at the beach of Parangtritis, in the province of Yogyakarta ...			Fresh sand-deposits Just behind the beach, a new layer of sand is deposited on locations where it is not entirely ...			Washed away On the beach of Parangtritis, the province of Yogyakarta, Central Java, the best parking spaces ...
		Washed away On the beach of Parangtritis, the province of Yogyakarta, Central Java, the best parking spaces ...			Open sewer On the beach of Parangtritis, the province of Yogyakarta, Central Java, te sewer and buildings built from bamboo ...			Lonely changing booths Just off the beach of Parangtritis, the province of Yogyakarta, Central Java, are some small buildings left. First ...
		Dirt and trash On the beach of Parangtritis, the province of Yogyakarta, Central Java, debris that hasn't been taken away from ...			Dirt inside On the beach of Parangtritis, the province of Yogyakarta, Central Java, debris that hasn't been taken away from ...			Disaster tourism Some local people stop by in Parangtritis, in the province Yogyakarta in Central Java to take a closer ...
		By horse A local riding a horse crosses a receding wave in Parangtritis, in the province Yogyakarta in Central Java ...			Horsecart Some locale in a horsecart cross a receding wave in Parangtritis, in the province Yogyakarta in Central Java ...			Heavy erosion On the beach of Parangtritis, the province of Yogyakarta, Central Java, heavy erosion has washed away up to ...
		Disaster tourism Some local people stop by in Parangtritis, in the province Yogyakarta in Central Java to take a closer ...			Last option For those who have to earn a living around the beach here, these are hard times. With three ...