The Blue Angel and The Red Devil at Nam Khem

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When the Tsunami hit Ban Nam Khem on the 26th of December 2004 at 10.40 a.m. the big fishing vessel "Krisana Sakorn" was floating from the harbor into the village of Nam Khem with one Burmese man aboard.
When passing through the village the huge boat did not destroy any building nor did it overrun any victims in the water. Instead a father with his daughter in his arm managed to cling on to the boat and was subsequently rescued.
When the waters receded the big boat was stranded in the middle of the village like a dozen other fishing vessels.
The Krisana Sakorn together with its less fortunate counterpart "The Red Devil" just a few meters away became an attraction for visitors to Nam Khem and was transformed into one of several tsunami monuments in the area.


The location is to the left of the main road when driving through the outskirts of the town.
Its GPS location is 8.8601981, 98.2756450

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