Happy New Year David, wishing you happiness, health, prosperity and joy this year and always!
the vid on Lanta coral bleaching made me very sad, especially as the report talked of Kantiang Bay, where i first got famous on the island at Why Not Bar...
so many memories of what people told me/showed me of the tsunami, such as a guard at Tropica in Patong who told me he was on duty that morning, trying to outrun the wave and finally just grabbing on to a lampost for dear life... or my next door neighbor telling me that the biggest wave came within 10 meters of the back of our rowhouses ---Lanta was lucky in that it was somewhat sheltered from the worst because of its proximity to Sumatra, since the quake/tsunami originated on other side, we were spared the worst, although a friend with a house on the water in Old Town showed me the high water mark IN his house... Lanta was quite fortunate in terms of loss of life, mostly fishermen out at sea, including my landlord's husband!
Packed with great and interesting info. Many thanks.
Happy New Year David, wishing you happiness, health, prosperity and joy this year and always!
the vid on Lanta coral bleaching made me very sad, especially as the report talked of Kantiang Bay, where i first got famous on the island at Why Not Bar...
so many memories of what people told me/showed me of the tsunami, such as a guard at Tropica in Patong who told me he was on duty that morning, trying to outrun the wave and finally just grabbing on to a lampost for dear life... or my next door neighbor telling me that the biggest wave came within 10 meters of the back of our rowhouses ---Lanta was lucky in that it was somewhat sheltered from the worst because of its proximity to Sumatra, since the quake/tsunami originated on other side, we were spared the worst, although a friend with a house on the water in Old Town showed me the high water mark IN his house... Lanta was quite fortunate in terms of loss of life, mostly fishermen out at sea, including my landlord's husband!