Thailand, a study in Disaster.
Hard to convey with pictures like this the impact of the 2004 tsunami on PhiPhi Island.
That flat area on the other side of the bridge ... well, there was a village there. The pool was recessed with no major structures, easily dug back out and the rest of the resort was on higher ground.
A few years later, 2011 march:
A street in a small village on Koh Phangnon. I was stuck here for two weeks, as all the roads were washed out. The bright side: the food held out and it was excellent.
On the way to the Surat Thani Airport. Had to hustle up a military transport, all the civilian trucks were getting stuck in the 10 km wide, 1 meter deep river that separated Surat from the Airport.
So now I am in Hawaii, where we are safe from disaster, here in my House on the slopes of Mauna Loa. I would show you a Pic, but the iPad version of Livejournal doesn't seem to work very well.
Later!
That flat area on the other side of the bridge ... well, there was a village there. The pool was recessed with no major structures, easily dug back out and the rest of the resort was on higher ground.
A few years later, 2011 march:
A street in a small village on Koh Phangnon. I was stuck here for two weeks, as all the roads were washed out. The bright side: the food held out and it was excellent.
On the way to the Surat Thani Airport. Had to hustle up a military transport, all the civilian trucks were getting stuck in the 10 km wide, 1 meter deep river that separated Surat from the Airport.
So now I am in Hawaii, where we are safe from disaster, here in my House on the slopes of Mauna Loa. I would show you a Pic, but the iPad version of Livejournal doesn't seem to work very well.
Later!