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Today I read an interesting article in the Bangkok paper” The Nation” about tourist behavior right after the tsunami.
A British couple had barely escaped the tidal wave and moved to another hotel nearby. The guests of their new hotel had not witnessed the tidal wave and continued their Christmas holiday, as if nothing had happened. The only comments the survivors heard from the other guests were, how difficult it was now to get a table in the restaurant.
People were basically refusing to let the tidal wave ruin their vacation! On the other hand people in Europe or the US jumped on a plane, to come here and offer their help. I guess the closer you are to a disaster, the more you try to tune it out. As the article states : ” Having shelled out thousands to be on a beach a stone’s throw away, they were buggered if they were going to let a few tidal waves get in the way of their hard- earned break.”
The heading of this post is borrowed from TS Eliot.

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