meant to add, when i was in Thailand, we went to an cookery school to learn how to cook thai food - yum yum, all good stuff
the school was located half way up a hill and had a great view out over the beach and cliffs that make up the thai coastline in the south of the country.
I mentioned it was a great view and how she must love working there each day - then she replied - this is our new school, our old school was further south on the beach and was completely destroyed by the tsunami on boxing day a few years back. Her home and business was completely washed away.
kinda puts into perspective my upset last night at seeing my plastic polytunnel wrecked by the recent bad weather!