“The Moken had always been self sufficient. Their language has no words for “want”, “take”, “mine” – money and material goods never held much interest for nomadic people whose traditional wooden kabang boats were designed to show they had nothing to steal. Archaeologists believe these Austronesian people migrated from southern China 4,000 years ago, sailing northwards from the Malay peninsula. They have roamed Burma’s Mergui archipelago and neighbouring islands in Thailand for centuries. Now there are around 4,000 Moken left, 1,000 of them spread around the coast and islands of Thailand.”
— Susan Smillie, Tsunami, 10 years on: the sea nomads who survived the devastation, The Guardian, 10 December, 2014
“I love it when I look out into a crowd to find your eyes already waiting to meet mine.”
— apoetscorner (via shareaquote)
“I love it when I look out into a crowd to find your eyes already waiting to meet mine.”
— apoetscorner (via shareaquote)
