PHUKET: One big tree has already toppled onto the sand at Sirinath National Park on Phuket's west coast, near Nai Yang, and others are likely to follow.
''It's pretty sad,'' a local fisherman said. ''The big trees have grown here for a long time and it's tragic when they topple.''
However, he added, the monsoon tides each year tended to claim some trees on one side of the broad bay or the other.
It was, he thought, natural. ''The sea will claim trees on one side and load a bit more sand on the other,'' he said.
''We are powerless to prevent it. We just hope that it continues that way, and the sea doesn't ever claim trees on both sides.''
He said he'd noted that average tides were about a metre higher up the beach this year than last year.
And the fishing? ''It was definitely better 10 years ago,'' he said. ''But we are still catching enough.''
''It's pretty sad,'' a local fisherman said. ''The big trees have grown here for a long time and it's tragic when they topple.''
However, he added, the monsoon tides each year tended to claim some trees on one side of the broad bay or the other.
It was, he thought, natural. ''The sea will claim trees on one side and load a bit more sand on the other,'' he said.
''We are powerless to prevent it. We just hope that it continues that way, and the sea doesn't ever claim trees on both sides.''
He said he'd noted that average tides were about a metre higher up the beach this year than last year.
And the fishing? ''It was definitely better 10 years ago,'' he said. ''But we are still catching enough.''
