A breakwall being re-built after succumbing to complete destruction from the tsunami.
This building appeared in international news footage as one of the surviving buildings that took a direct hit from the tsunami.
Anyone staying in these small villas would have had a rude awakening on Dec 26, 2004. This structure was right at the edge of the beach and would have been almost completely submerged.
The small, yellow building in the background appeared in international news footage as one of the surviving buildings that took a direct hit from the tsunami. In the middle of the picture are the remains of a cement bridge, completely destroyed. In the foreground is a new bridge nearing completion.
Effects of the tsunami could be seen stretching far down this road... some of the buildings were badly damaged and others seemingly untouched.
This building appeared in international news footage as one of the surviving buildings that took a direct hit from the tsunami.
Along one of the main roads in Kamala Beach, local residents erected this collage of pictures taken in the tsunami's aftermath.
This was one of the few buildings in this immediate area that survived. This building was also seen in many news pics, where the water had reached the blue arrow.
The red arrow marks the spot where water rose to during the tsunami. Restaurant staff told us afterwards that when they saw the water coming, they grabbed everything in sight possible and ran up the stairs to higher ground.