I'm making no comment about any of the following things i've been told and they may or may not be true/may be urban myths...but interesting nonetheless...
1. Some people have received 2 or 3 houses in the post-tsunami reconstruction effort, while some have none - basically people can go to different NGOs and get more than one house (no co-ordination)
2. There are still 30 families in a refugee camp near a popular beach, who have decided to stay there because they get so much in the form of tourist donations that they prefer not to move
3. A local resort was renowned as a party town during the relief effort - all the NGO workers chose to stay there and partied like it was 1999 every night...
4. There are several branches of some of the larger NGOs here, all trying to do the same thing and all competing with each other for funds/power/influence...
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