Honeymoon over for Emma and Priory residents

ONE week ago today, Emma MacBride was trekking in northern Thailand on her dream honeymoon.

Yesterday, honeymoon cut short, she was back at her apartment in Priory Hall removing the last bits and pieces before the complex was declared off limits to everyone except keyholders who, from today, can only access their homes under escort by security staff.

“We were in the jungle and had no phone signal and it was only when we got back to the hotel I found messages from the tenants saying they were being evacuated,” Emma said. “We didn’t have much choice except to come back and try and sort things out.”