On the shores of an abandoned village a short drive from Phuket in southern Thailand, a child's brown shoe resists the pull of the froth-crested waves. The sun beats down on a small cluster of scrawny cattle grazing nearby.
Not a soul is visible. An eerie quiet cloaks the area. A faded sign warns, ?Tsunami hazard zone: In case of earthquake, go to high ground or inland.?
This place used to be Ban Talae Nok village. But more than six years after the tsunami of 2004, its former inhabitants are still afraid to return.
Ban Talae Nok was a tiny community whose name translates as ?Far from the sea.? Many here would have wished that had been true, before the December 26 tsunami drowned thousands in this part of Thailand.
Source: http://www.cnngo.com/explorations/life/how-thai-village-prospering-wake-tsunami-461151
Rachel Blanchard Rebecca Mader Lorri Bagley Bijou Phillips Katy Perry
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