Listen to this articleThe Ban Nam Khem Tsunami Museum in Phangnga, which is locally known as the 'Orange-Blue Boat Museum', was built as a learning centre and memorial for the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami disaster. Ban Nam Khem today is defined by rows of concrete houses, rebuilt by various agencies after the tsunami. "There is a tsunami museum in every Japanese city that has ever encountered the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami," he said. The Pakarang Cape in Phangnga is where traces of corals washed ashore by the 2004 tsunami can still be seen. She has since remarried and still lives in Ban Nam Khem surrounded by fellow tsunami survivors.

Source: Bangkok Post December 25, 2025 22:21 UTC