On calmer shores: Moken children playing on Rawai Beach beach at their settlement on the southern Thai island of Phuket. — AFP
THE virus had wrought havoc worldwide, but for the “sea gypsies” it brought welcome respite from the threat of mass tourism.
Since the pandemic began, life has been easier for Sanan Changnam and his people – there’s lots of fish to eat and projects on their ancestral land have halted.
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