The Sarojin almost didn’t exist. After six years in the making, the boutique beach resort in Thailand was two weeks away from opening when disaster struck: the massive tsunami and earthquake that hit south-east Asia on Boxing Day 2004. The hotel’s structure remained intact but the 10m wave that swept through the beachfront resort took everything else.
In the space of a few hours on that fateful morning, The Sarojin went from brand new hotel to integral part of a devastated community. Over the following days it transpired that Khao Lak, the coastal town where the hotel is located, was the worst hit place in Thailand. 4,000 people from the
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