These are photographs taken between January 8th and February 4th 2005 when I was back in Kosgoda, Sri Lanka to repair and rebuild after the tsunami. Click on the small images to see a higher resolution version (1024x681).
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Life goes on. A lizard among the debris in the village. |
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A house beside the road that leads to the beach, hit broadside on by the tsunami. |
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This is all that remains of Kosgoda Junior School, merely 50 metres from the beach. There are no plans to rebuild this school and the children have been relocated to Hagalle school (a few kilometres down the main road). Fortunately the tsunami did not hit on a school day, as at the time the wave struck the school would have been full of children. |
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In my account, I talked about a tailor and his two daughters who did not survive the tsunami. This is their house, which is directly across the road from the junior school. |
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Another view of the junior school, taken from the front right (beach behind the camera). |
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The last part of the road leading to the beach. There used to be a couple of small family houses where doormats, brooms and other items were made out of coconut fibre at about the place where the mechanical digger is. The road bends to the right and used to lead to the turtle hatchery, gift shop and tourist cafe. |
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This is all that remains of the little tourist restaurant next to the turtle hatchery. To the right, you can make out what looks like a section of river. That watery hole is pretty much all that's left of the hatchery. |
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Another view of where the hatchery used to be. There used to be a gift shop under the clump of trees in the centre-right. |
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Kosgoda beach, in front of the hatchery. This is about where I stood on the day and saw that the sea had receded 200 metres out. |