PHANG-NGA, THAILAND / 26 DEC 2005 - British tsunami hero Tilly Smith (right with sister Holly and parents Colin and Penny) was credited with saving her family and over 100 fellow tourists in the boxing day 2004 tsunami. She read a poem in front of Crown Princess Ubol Ratana at an Interfaith Memorial Service at Bang Niang Beach, Phang-nga, Thailand - PHOTO: CAMERON LAIRD (PH +61 418238811)

PHANG-NGA, THAILAND / 26 DEC 2005 - Thai Crown Princess Ubol Ratana who lost her son in the 2004 tsunami releases a lantern at an Interfaith Memorial Service, Bang Niang Beach, Phang-nga, Thailand - PHOTO: CAMERON LAIRD (PH +61 418238811)

PHANG-NGA, THAILAND / 26 DEC 2005 - British tsunami hero Tilly Smith (right with sister Holly and parents Colin and Penny) was credited with saving her family and over 100 fellow tourists in the boxing day 2004 tsunami. She read a poem in front of Crown Princess Ubol Ratana at an Interfaith Memorial Service at Bang Niang Beach, Phang-nga, Thailand - PHOTO: CAMERON LAIRD (PH +61 418238811)

PHANG-NGA, THAILAND / 26 DEC 2005 - British tsunami hero Tilly Smith (right with sister Holly and parents Colin and Penny) was credited with saving her family and over 100 fellow tourists in the boxing day 2004 tsunami. She read a poem in front of Crown Princess Ubol Ratana at an Interfaith Memorial Service at Bang Niang Beach, Phang-nga, Thailand - PHOTO: CAMERON LAIRD (PH +61 418238811)

PHANG-NGA, THAILAND / 26 DEC 2005 - British tsunami hero Tilly Smith (right with sister Holly) was credited with saving her family and over 100 fellow tourists in the boxing day 2004 tsunami. She read a poem in front of Crown Princess Ubol Ratana at an Interfaith Memorial Service at Bang Niang Beach, Phang-nga, Thailand - PHOTO: CAMERON LAIRD (PH +61 418238811)

PHANG-NGA, THAILAND / 26 DEC 2005 - Thai Crown Princess Ubol Ratana who lost her son in the 2004 tsunami presides over an Interfaith Memorial Service, Bang Niang Beach, Phang-nga, Thailand - PHOTO: CAMERON LAIRD (PH +61 418238811)

PHANG-NGA, THAILAND / 26 DEC 2005 - Thai Crown Princess Ubol Ratana who lost her son in the 2004 tsunami presides over an Interfaith Memorial Service, Bang Niang Beach, Phang-nga, Thailand - PHOTO: CAMERON LAIRD (PH +61 418238811)

PHANG-NGA, THAILAND / 26 DEC 2005 - Thai Crown Princess Ubol Ratana who lost her son in the 2004 tsunami presides over an Interfaith Memorial Service, Bang Niang Beach, Phang-nga, Thailand - PHOTO: CAMERON LAIRD (PH +61 418238811)

PHANG-NGA, THAILAND / 26 DEC 2005 - Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra speaks at an Interfaith Memorial Service, Bang Niang Beach, Phang-nga, Thailand - PHOTO: CAMERON LAIRD (PH +61 418238811)

PHANG-NGA, THAILAND / 26 DEC 2005 - British tsunami hero Tilly Smith was credited with saving her family and over 100 fellow tourists in the boxing day 2004 tsunami. She read a poem in front of Crown Princess Ubol Ratana at an Interfaith Memorial Service at Bang Niang Beach, Phang-nga, Thailand - PHOTO: CAMERON LAIRD (PH +61 418238811)

PHANG-NGA, THAILAND / 26 DEC 2005 - British tsunami hero Tilly Smith was credited with saving her family and over 100 fellow tourists in the boxing day 2004 tsunami. She read a poem in front of Crown Princess Ubol Ratana at an Interfaith Memorial Service at Bang Niang Beach, Phang-nga, Thailand - PHOTO: CAMERON LAIRD (PH +61 418238811)

PHANG-NGA, THAILAND / 26 DEC 2005 - British tsunami hero Tilly Smith was credited with saving her family and over 100 fellow tourists in the boxing day 2004 tsunami. She read a poem in front of Crown Princess Ubol Ratana at an Interfaith Memorial Service at Bang Niang Beach, Phang-nga, Thailand - PHOTO: CAMERON LAIRD (PH +61 418238811)

PHANG-NGA, THAILAND / 26 DEC 2005 - British tsunami hero Tilly Smith was credited with saving her family and over 100 fellow tourists in the boxing day 2004 tsunami. She read a poem in front of Crown Princess Ubol Ratana at an Interfaith Memorial Service at Bang Niang Beach, Phang-nga, Thailand - PHOTO: CAMERON LAIRD (PH +61 418238811)

PHANG-NGA, THAILAND / 26 DEC 2005 - Thai Crown Princess Ubol Ratana who lost her son in the 2004 tsunami presides over an Interfaith Memorial Service, Bang Niang Beach, Phang-nga, Thailand - PHOTO: CAMERON LAIRD (PH +61 418238811)

PHANG-NGA, THAILAND / 26 DEC 2005 - British expat Shaun Chiverton who has been a buddhist monk in Thailand for over twenty years led buddhist prayers at the Tsunami Victims Memorial Service, Bang Niang Beach, Phang-nga, Thailand - PHOTO: CAMERON LAIRD (PH +61 418238811)

PHANG-NGA, THAILAND / 26 DEC 2005 - Buddhist monks at the Tsunami Victims Memorial Service, Bang Niang Beach, Phang-nga, Thailand - PHOTO: CAMERON LAIRD (PH +61 418238811)

PHANG-NGA, THAILAND / 26 DEC 2005 - Buddhist monks at the Tsunami Victims Memorial Service, Bang Niang Beach, Phang-nga, Thailand - PHOTO: CAMERON LAIRD (PH +61 418238811)

PHANG-NGA, THAILAND / 26 DEC 2005 - Buddhist monks at the Tsunami Victims Memorial Service, Bang Niang Beach, Phang-nga, Thailand - PHOTO: CAMERON LAIRD (PH +61 418238811)

PHANG-NGA, THAILAND / 26 DEC 2005 - Maureen and Roger Morin and son Tony hold photos of their daughter Loretta and her boyfriend Mike Long who died in the tsunami - Tsunami Victims Memorial Service, Bang Niang Beach, Phang-nga, Thailand - PHOTO: CAMERON LAIRD (PH +61 418238811)

PHANG-NGA, THAILAND / 26 DEC 2005 - British tsunami survivor Sharon Howard lays flowers at the memorial. She lost her two children Mason & Taylor and her partner David who had proposed to her the day before the tradgedy - Tsunami Victims Memorial Service, Bang Niang Beach, Phang-nga, Thailand - PHOTO: CAMERON LAIRD (PH +61 418238811)

PHANG-NGA, THAILAND / 26 DEC 2005 - British tsunami survivor Sharon Howard lays flowers at the memorial. She lost her two children Mason & Taylor and her partner David who had proposed to her the day before the tradgedy - Tsunami Victims Memorial Service, Bang Niang Beach, Phang-nga, Thailand - PHOTO: CAMERON LAIRD (PH +61 418238811)

PHANG-NGA, THAILAND / 26 DEC 2005 - British tsunami survivor Sharon Howard lays flowers at the memorial. She lost her two children Mason & Taylor and her partner David who had proposed to her the day before the tradgedy - Tsunami Victims Memorial Service, Bang Niang Beach, Phang-nga, Thailand - PHOTO: CAMERON LAIRD (PH +61 418238811)

PHANG-NGA, THAILAND / 26 DEC 2005 - Foreign Office Minister Lord David Triesman, representing the British Government, lays flowers at the memorial - Tsunami Victims Memorial Service, Bang Niang Beach, Phang-nga, Thailand - PHOTO: CAMERON LAIRD (PH +61 418238811)

PHANG-NGA, THAILAND / 26 DEC 2005 - Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand Suwat Liptapanlop speaks at the Tsunami Victims Memorial Service, Bang Niang Beach, Phang-nga, Thailand - PHOTO: CAMERON LAIRD (PH +61 418238811)

PHANG-NGA, THAILAND / 26 DEC 2005 - British tsunami survivor Sharon Howard signs a remembrance book. She lost her two children Mason & Taylor and her partner David who had proposed to her the day before the tradgedy - Tsunami Victims Memorial Service, Bang Niang Beach, Phang-nga, Thailand - PHOTO: CAMERON LAIRD (PH +61 418238811)

PHANG-NGA, THAILAND / 26 DEC 2005 - British Tsunami survivor Steve Forgan and his partner Tanya Moesslang held hands as they were swept away in the boxing day tsunami. Tsunami Victims Memorial Service, Bang Niang Beach, Phang-nga, Thailand - PHOTO: CAMERON LAIRD (PH +61 418238811)

PHANG-NGA, THAILAND / 26 DEC 2005 - 6 year old Swedish tsunami survivor Micaela Sanden draws an angel on the remembrance book to represent her 9 year old sister Paulina who died in the disaster - Tsunami Victims Memorial Service, Bang Niang Beach, Phang-nga, Thailand - PHOTO: CAMERON LAIRD (PH +61 418238811)

PHANG-NGA, THAILAND / 26 DEC 2005 - 6 year old Swedish tsunami survivor Micaela Sanden draws an angel on the remembrance book to represent her 9 year old sister Paulina who died in the disaster - Tsunami Victims Memorial Service, Bang Niang Beach, Phang-nga, Thailand - PHOTO: CAMERON LAIRD (PH +61 418238811)

KHAO LAK, THAILAND / 25 DEC 2005 - Then & now photos. Kaho Lak beach taken 25 Dec 2005 - PHOTO: CAMERON LAIRD (PH +61 418238811)

KHAO LAK, THAILAND / 25 DEC 2005 - Tsunami survivor Neil Coates returns to Khao Lak beach for the first time since losing his traveling friend Barry Tims in the 2004 tragedy - PHOTO: CAMERON LAIRD (PH +61 418238811)

KHAO LAK, THAILAND / 25 DEC 2005 - Tsunami survivor Neil Coates returns to Khao Lak beach for the first time since losing his traveling friend Barry Tims in the 2004 tragedy - PHOTO: CAMERON LAIRD (PH +61 418238811)

KHAO LAK, THAILAND / 25 DEC 2005 - Tsunami survivor Neil Coates returns to Khao Lak beach for the first time since losing his traveling friend Barry Tims in the 2004 tragedy - PHOTO: CAMERON LAIRD (PH +61 418238811)

KHAO LAK, THAILAND / 25 DEC 2005 - Tsunami survivor Neil Coates returns to Khao Lak beach for the first time since losing his traveling friend Barry Tims in the 2004 tragedy - PHOTO: CAMERON LAIRD (PH +61 418238811)

KHAO LAK, THAILAND / 25 DEC 2005 - Tsunami survivor Neil Coates returns to Khao Lak beach for the first time since losing his traveling friend Barry Tims in the 2004 tragedy - PHOTO: CAMERON LAIRD (PH +61 418238811)

KHAO LAK, THAILAND / 25 DEC 2005 - Tsunami survivor Neil Coates returns to Khao Lak beach for the first time since losing his traveling friend Barry Tims in the 2004 tragedy - PHOTO: CAMERON LAIRD (PH +61 418238811)

KRABI, THAILAND / 23 DEC 2005 - The Millie & Tia Sunflower Nursery in Krabi, southern Thailand - PHOTO: CAMERON LAIRD (PH +61 418238811)

KRABI, THAILAND / 23 DEC 2005 - The Millie & Tia Sunflower Nursery in Krabi, southern Thailand - PHOTO: CAMERON LAIRD (PH +61 418238811)

KHAO LAK, THAILAND / 29 DEC 2004 - Then & now photos. Kaho Lak beach taken 29 Dec 2004 - PHOTO: CAMERON LAIRD (PH +61 418238811)