Thailand's 'sea people' adapt to life on land after centuries of nomadic living

Thailand's 'sea people' adapt to life on land after centuries of nomadic living
CNN
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Story and photos by Austin Bush, CNN
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Members of Thailand's Moken ethnicity collect oysters on a small island in Thailand's Mu Ko Surin National Park.
These days, Salamak Klathalay, like most of us, lives in a house, on land. But this is a relatively new experience for the 78-year-old.
"As a kid, I lived on a boat part of the year and on land part of the year," Salamak tells me from his home on Ko Surin, an island-bound national park in Thailand's south.

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