Krabi, Thailand. The Thai province most affected by the Tsunami of Boxing Day 2004. Its taken Thailand a while to recover from the disaster, to come to terms with the people they have lost, and to regain its positoin as the number one tourist destination in Southeast Asia. Signs for Evacuation Routes line the beachfront at Ao Nang, Railay and Phi Phi, the worst affected area, clearly posted to get to higher ground. The estimated death toll in Thailand is just over 8,000. The disaster as a whole is thought to have claimed 230,210 lives. Now, three and a half years later, and in the space of just two weeks, Asia has been literally rocked again. Two weeks ago a category four cyclone hit Burma (Myanmar). The worst in the country's history, the AFP news agency
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