Can’t Compare Sri Lanka to Phuket
Phuket is one destination that has consistently made the top of our list as places to visit. It’s known to have some exquisitely beautiful beaches. It’s also know for it’s infamous nightlife. Our desire to go was inhibited for a few years due to the affects of the tsunami. After the relief work we’ve done here in Sri Lanka, we didn’t have the energy to help with the tsunami relief efforts in Thailand.
But, only about two years later, we were invited to spend some time with friends, which gave us the reason we were looking for to bring us to Phuket. When we arrived in Phuket, we could tell it was still recovering from the devastation, which made us feel some what out of sorts. But, we didn’t let our funk deter us from having a good time. We decided to enjoy the most of what we love about Thailand: the food, the sun and the massages. This kept our minds as far away from the tsunami as we could keep it.
We couldn’t entirely escape the devastation. We spent a day a Patong Beach, this was one of the harder hit beaches. It’s been two years and there’s no sign that anything ever happened. The abundance of tourists on the beach and in the town is evident. There were still some construction and repairs being do along the streets facing Patong Beach, but mostly every building and luxury Phuket hotels are back to normalcy. The sand is beautiful and white and the water is a sparkling turquoise wavy gem.
We couldn’t compare Sri Lanka to Phuket, even though we tried; it was like comparing apples to oranges. We were grateful though, to witness the emotional and physical progress of Phuket. We marveled at the improvements of Sri Lanka and ached for their plight, without foreign interest, (tourism) of a solid infrastructure, it will take much more that a couple of years to reach the state of recovery Phuket is relishing in.
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