On the 21st (which happened to be my bday) we went off to Krabi – to see if we could help with the tsunami effort. We took a bus there (definitely the cheapest way of getting around)
Left to Right – (Mandy, Me, Aaron)
We got the address of the regional HQ (in a Chinese temple area) and off we went to find it. It was – disturbing – to see the boards with pictures of bodies recovered. Brings it all home a bit. You see, you’d *hardly* have known that anything had happened to the area. Well, where we were at any rate. There was some construction going on – but it wasn’t obvious that it was reconstruction after a tidal wave. It was little things – like one place we often went for breakfast (BoBo’s) only has 2 menus left as all the others got washed away.. But really, for the most part it’s just as perfect as ever it was. And it’s really sad for them as it’s the height of their high season and the numbers just aren’t there. Though it was heartening – in the two weeks we were there it was definitely getting busier towards the end.
So yes, we went to give them our water purification gear (which they loved) and medical supplies, and to see if we could help. Perhaps if we’d been able to help for a month or two it might have been different, but in the event they did not call us.
It took me a minute to realise what all the boxes piled up were for.
But on the whole everyone is getting on with it (as much as they can anyway) and really pitching in and putting it all back together again. All they need – indeed the best way to help is really just to go there and spend your money.
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