tsunami beach

Tsunami And Community Forests

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March 1st 2009
On our second day in the south, we took a boat out at 5 am and did more fishing. After that, we took a boat ride through the mangroves and went to the old village that was destroyed by the tsunami and saw what was left of the beach. It was an interesting sight, but we didn't get much explanation, other than only two people from this village died because there were mangroves around to save them! ... read more

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more