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Three months after the devastating tsunami, I was diving in the Phi Phi Islands, off Phuket, Thailand. On the way to the second dive we came across this strange scene. Our divemaster explained that natives would erect and climb bamboo ladders in these caves to gather bird's nests to be taken back to the mainland in boats like the one pictured to be sold for use in Bird's Nest Soup, an Asian delicacy.