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Bryan Parsley
returned to Thailand in February 2005, this time to the south west
cost coast and the turquoise blue waters of the Andaman Sea.
It was little more than a month after the Tsunami that hit
the region on the 26th of December, 2004.
Bryan explored the area that was hit by this natural disaster that
claimed the lives of over 300.000 people, more than 8000 in southern Thailand.
Some pictures were taken in the worst hit areas, like "Phuket"
and "Khao Lak", where more than 3200 perished on one beach alone.
He also photographed the beautiful islands of "Koh Similan", "Koh
Surin" and "Koh Bon" with their crystal clear waters and amazing
marine life.
Bryan has created several exhibitions about Thailand and South East
Asia, this exhibition's objective is to show the stunning beauty of
this paradise after the Tsunami, not to show destruction, but to prove
that the area has now recovered from this devastation. "The important
thing now is to avoid a second disaster, if the tourists don't return,
how will the locals survive? After all, a huge majority of the
population depend on tourism to survive".
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