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Cathy and Garys Travel Pages Phuket

TSUNAMI VICTIM CEMETERY KHAO LAK

Tsunami Victims Cemetery
Tsunami Victims Cemetery

The first time we went to the Tsunami Victims Cemetery in Khao Lak was in 2014 and it was overgrown with weeds and grass about waist high, the gates were locked and the area was abandoned, it was very sad to see.

 

  However, the 10 year Anniversary was approaching and a massive clean-up started to happen. 

 

I am happy to say that each year we have gone back since 2014 someone has been cutting the grass down and you can go inside to pay your respects.

Tsunami Victim Cemetery
Tsunami Victim Cemetery
Tsunami Victim Cemetery
Tsunami Victim Cemetery

This is such a sad place, there are still 370 unidentified victims buried there in metal coffins surrounded by concrete chambers to preserve as much DNA as possible.

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The hard part is that their identity cannot be proven to international standards of 90 percent certainty, preventing the return of some of the bodies to families.

Tsunami Victim Cemetery
Tsunami Victim Cemetery Map
Tsunami Victim Identification
Tsunami Victim Identification
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