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2014: A fictionalized but all too real account of the 2014 Tsunami
Cross Currents
What you need to know before your trail
Ko Phi Phi island is stunningly beautiful and so naturally attracts tourists from around the world.
But the reality of life on the island is somewhat different at times and the owners, Lek and Sarai of a small resort work to make ends meet. When an American tourist turns up, they give him a room in exchange of help. But then the American’s brother and his girlfriend turns up and trouble ensues. These new visitors are not what they seem and soon Lek and Sarai are worried.
But the two families are about to experience a devastating tragedy.
Travel Guide
John Shors is clearly both in awe and in love with Thailand and in particular the island of Ko Phi Phi. He has travelled there many many times and so knows and loves the country as much as any man can. Since he’s been to the island before and after the terrifying Tsunami of 2004 , this is a fictional ode to the culture and people of that part of the world – all who knew someone involved and those who lost family and friends.
He writes with such passion and such candour that we have a new found respect for Thailand and its people.The people he sees are real with real emotions and real loves and desires and leading up the Tsunami, it was hard knowing what was going to happen but equally hard afterwards knowing what had happened. You will become totally and utterly protective and supportive of the people here and their struggle to survive.
The beach in Ko Phi Phi is a privileged place to be – everything is described in such detail that you can see the boats, smell and taste the food and feel the sand beneath your toes. Everything is visual which makes the disaster so much harder to bear when it happens.
Thailand is the place to be in the hands of Jon Shors
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