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Originally Posted by shri
For those of you who may have friends and family, vacationing in the affected parts of Asia....
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Thanks for the update, KIA. Until 3 days before disaster struck we - kids and inlaws included - had been enjoying a week's quality vacation in what was then sunny and tranquil Phuket (stayed at Allamanda, mentioned in Laguna statement quoted by you - not damaged though at Bangtao). Who could imagine!
It's absolutely heart-rending to see the pictures of devastation among the places and people we were so recently among. The loss of life stats for Thailand are surely being understated, when you see the horrific stories and numbers being reported from Sri Lanka, India/Andaman & Nicobar, and Aceh, etc. even given differences in population densities.
Fate was very kind to us, but needless to say the shine has quickly gone from the memories and images of our vacation, on learning about all the suffering.
HKF