Visiting The 2004 Boxing Day Thailand Tsunami in Khao Lak 🇹🇭

[@hungrytoexplore]

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[@PaddyDoyle.]

Nice to see this monument ❤ thanks for sharing

[@hungrytoexplore]

Cheers man! It was an incredibly moving place to visit

[@SanyHand]

As a Thai , i lost my mom and 7 family members on that day. I am the only one survivor in my family. I never forget. Difficult day !!!!

[@hungrytoexplore]

That’s tragic and I’m incredibly sorry to hear that. I hope you were able to find the emotional support you needed to process that trauma.

[@SanyHand]

@@hungrytoexplore Thank you , i am 18 years old on that day but now i am 37 years old. Its a long timeago but i never forget !!!

[@brucewayne2773]

Well done video Joe 💓🙏

[@hungrytoexplore]

Thanks Bruce, I hope I did it respectfully

[@shaunashton9744]

Great video Joe, I am surprised no one else has done a video like this mentioning the tsunami in Khao Lak. I was at work watching it unfold on TV with one eye on the cricket. I don't know about coffee and orange juice, I like my coffee similar to the Italians.

[@hungrytoexplore]

I think a couple of people have done something similar, but not many. Paddy mentioned it in his Khao Lak video. haha I was stubborn on the coffee and orange juice too... until I tried it. It is something you want to keep sipping, in a weird good way. You should try it.

[@twinflowerfioretta]

Hello Joe, great video, i miss to eat such delish soups you had at the beginning of vid. i think Thailand has the best diversity of soup stalls👍😋.Thy ! the Tsunami in 2004 was the most terrible event, very very sad.... we had a flight to the Nicobar Islands but couldn`t go because of destructions from Tsunami, i didn`t visit until now....

[@hungrytoexplore]

ooo that is a big claim. I love Thai soups, but I think Vietnam might take the win for that one in my opinion. I didn't think that until I visited. Not that Thai soup is bad, it is fantastic. yeah, it was a horrendous event which I remember vividly. So it was very moving to be there

[@trtk6030]

You should deserve more views!!😢

[@hungrytoexplore]

Thank you 😭

[@RajeshKumar-ig1ro]

Thanks for sharing video Joe, I feel the emotion and pain in your voice when you think about that day, even I feel the same how people stood there without running waiting until the last minute, those days they didn't knew what tsunami was.

[@hungrytoexplore]

It was very emotional to be there. But it’s important to visit these places I think, how ever difficult they may be

[@RajeshKumar-ig1ro]

@@hungrytoexplore Very true Joe.

[@sarahs1708]

I remember that day very well. I was on my way to boxing day horse races and donated my winnings to the tsunami relief fund.

[@hungrytoexplore]

that is incredibly generous of you. I remember it too, despite being fairly young at the time

[@yeshashing]

Seen a lot of docus in Netflix about the tsunami. It's really heart breaking. Very touching video Joe! 🙏

[@hungrytoexplore]

it surely is. It was very sad to be there.

[@pannachawangkul585]

Hi Joe, I will have instant noodles with Arugula for lunch at work today, but I will imagine eating what you are eating 😅. On a serious note, I just said a prayer for those souls that the Tsunami took. Blessings to all.🙏

[@hungrytoexplore]

I do love a good duck noodle Panna! Very very sad at the memorial. Incredibly moving but I am really glad I stopped by to reflect and remember.

[@carolrampling862]

Thanks for taking the time and sharing with us Joe. 😢

[@hungrytoexplore]

My pleasure!!

[@yorkhunt1251]

Muito legal!

[@hungrytoexplore]

thank you

[@maxf3253]

Nice way of showing that we will never forget Joe

[@hungrytoexplore]

Thanks Max, I tried to be as respectful as possible

[@mathewmccartney9013]

I stayed in that same room in October last year! The family that run that place are one of the nicest I’ve met anywhere!

[@hungrytoexplore]

Right? They are really lovely

[@timbarlow5139]

been to Khao Lak 3 times . Favourite place in Thailand . First time was 4 weeks before the tsunami .

[@hungrytoexplore]

oh wow, just a month before. It is a cool area, I enjoyed it a lot. The food is good too (as you will see in the next video)

[@danny_and_diggy]

Loved this one Joe! We have not been to Khao lak yet. Think we might have to go now 😉 Somebody we watch stayed in the same place as you did, I remember teady bears and the balcony but I cannot remember who know and it really bothers me lol 😂

[@hungrytoexplore]

I just punched it into KZbin.... was it Micky Stoch?

[@danny_and_diggy]

@@hungrytoexplore definately not, we do not watch his channel

[@chintanamangmiphon4736]

Hi,Joe. I know you from ep. five star 🐔 Thailand always welcomes you. I follow your youtube. So interesting. Nice 👍🏻 😁

[@hungrytoexplore]

Welcome :) I hope you enjoy the videos

[@chintanamangmiphon4736]

Can i ask. Where are you from?

[@hungrytoexplore]

@@chintanamangmiphon4736 of course! I’m British

[@amswestyorkshire8048]

I was supposed to fly to Phi phi Island but changed my mind and flew up to the North. Then got a phone call from my then husband's friend to turn tv on only then I realised what was happening 😢 lucky escape and thankful for that. But R.I.P to those that effect.

[@hungrytoexplore]

oh that is very fortunate. You must feel very blessed to have missed it in such a way

[@AlekseyHito]

In this place, a six-meter wall of water just came, yes, it was time to leave, but no one thought that the water would go so far. Here, even the buildings were buried under a about 10 fishermen. But someone managed to swim across the waves in long-tailed boats. Someone was washed ashore and came to his senses when the entire village was destroyed. a lot of people died here - thousands of fishermen in this place.

[@hungrytoexplore]

so so sad! thank you for sharing that additional information

[@AlekseyHito]

@@hungrytoexplore There was a village of fishermen, their buildings were weak against the tsunami. Because of the Cambodians, they do not know exactly how many died, but where you are standing, about 2 thousand people. These places smelled strongly of corpses and many left their businesses out of desperation. In some families, the fishermen lost almost everyone. So the story is sad. I have pictures of the tsunami hitting this bay. The wave went in 3-4 stages and 7 meters in height. But very strong.

[@FullFinnoy]

The Tsunami also killed 179 Finnish nationals, our current President Sauli Niinistö was there with his son then at the time and they escaped the flosh flood created by the tsunami by hanging on to one of the street lights - at the top of the light pole - that's how high the water was.

[@hungrytoexplore]

crazy! It was very moving being there at one of the memorials, I must admit.

[@SPARTAN_TAN]

Our mother survived because of a woman who helped hold the buoy together. But when the sea waves come the woman disappeared Mother was never seen again.

[@hungrytoexplore]

so tragic and so sad

[@RudraNamulNasca2]

🥰🥰🥰

[@hungrytoexplore]

thanks you

[@fomee8667]

C:

[@hungrytoexplore]

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