HERE I am in Sri Lanka wading out through the warm sea to the tiny island of Taprobane off Weligama on the South Coast. There’s no other way to get there, it’s just 100 yards off the coast, palm fringed of course.

I MUST admit, I had huge reservations about imparting this south-east Asian hideaway.

ALMOST two million people were left homeless after the Asian tsunami. One year on, and as many as 1.4 million remain in temporary accommodation.

FORMER US Presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush senior spent time with child survivors of Asia’s tsunami yesterday, getting clues to the emotional impact of the disaster after surveying the massive physical destruction it caused.