Tsunami 2008
Tsunami 2008
over a decade later, people in the Irrawaddy Delta are still living in poverty
Location:
Dala, Myanmar (Burma)
Duration:
Sunday, March 11, 2018
Personal highlights
- Myanmar
Tsunami 2008: worst natural disaster in the country - Cyclone Nargis: caused nearly 140,000 casualties in the Irrawaddy Delta
- Tsunami Memorial: not as glorious as the Independence Memorial
- Poverty: people of the Irrawaddy Delta are still living in poor conditions
- My experience: unplanned trip into poverty, the other side of traveling
Image sources
- Donated groundwater well
- Graveyard of the catastrophe
- Children playing in the field
- Rice still has to be donated!
- Myanmar Tsunami Memorial
