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RE: 7 World’s Continents Photo Challenge - Tuesday of Antarctica and World´s Oceans week #59 - the absolute winner takes 200 SBD!
Sunset over P.P. Long Beach with some longtail boats (ruea hang yao) parked for the day. This shot was taken just about a month before the 2004 Boxing Day or Indian Ocean tsunami wiped out everything on the island including most of the beautiful people there. Phi Phi Don is a rugged limestone island with development confined to a low sandbar isthmus separating two main wings of the island and did not stand a chance. The waves up to 30 metres (100 ft) high ended up taking the lives of approximately 280,000 people across 14 countries. Ko Phi Phi Don. Ko Phi Phi Archipelago, Andaman Sea, Thailand. Shot taken of Fuji Velvia Slide Film
What a sad day! You were very lucky to be there a mont early to avoid such a catastrophy.
Yes very lucky. So sad as most of the people on the island did not make it. I also flew out of Japan a couple of days before the Tsunami there so they seem to follow me around.