Sailing Into the Sunset

I was watching the sunset and turned around to walk up the beach. Over Khao Lak�s mountains the Moon was beginning her ascent into the evening sky. When I turned back around to enjoy the last few minutes of sunset I caught sight of a youth and his dog. The boy was in the water with what looked like a model ship. After sunset I again saw he, his mother and their dog by the edge of the Andaman Sea. I made my way over to them to inquire about the tiny ship. We chatted for a few minutes and I found out the mother�s name was Mariya and the boy�s name was Christian. They owned a dive shop in Khao Lak before the tsunami. They lost the shop, but still have their lives and love of the sea.

Each evening as they walked the shoreline Christian picked up pieces of debris that washed ashore. From what most deemed trash he made things. The evening in question he launched a boat he built that day (See the photograph, Christian�s Boat, also on display in this showing) and watched as the tiny ship went sailing into the sunset.

Available as a Matte Print
Size: 11" x 14"
Limited series of 500 prints
Price*: $125 US, excludes shipping

Jason Hill -|- Richmond, Virginia, USA -|- jacehill@mythailandtrip.com -|- 804.545.8955 -|- Site Design by: www.jacehill.com

* Half of the profit will be donated to assist with ongoing tsunami relief efforts in Thailand.

The profit will be determined by taking the overall proceeds from the sales and subtracting the expenses for film processing and framing the images for the shows. The funds will be provided to specific individuals I met on my trip (not organizations) who are still in the Thailand area helping with recovery projects. The individuals receiving the funds are charged with finding locals in need of the funds and dispensing them accordingly for relief projects. [For example, contributions I personally provided to one of these individuals went to paying for school tuition for the daughter of one of the shopkeepers whose store was destroyed in the tsunami. Other such private donations have bought engines for fishing boats, books to replace those lost in the tsunami, etc. My personal experience while in Thailand was the funds being doled out by volunteers who had direct exposure to individuals, in the communities hardest hit by the tsumani, were those funds being best allocated. The volunteers would accompany the tsunami survivor to pay the school fees to the school directly or to buy the engine directly instead of money being handed out.]