Posted: 6/27/2005 9:24:35 PM EDT
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My Dad served in Vietnam, so I have always had a strong interest in the Asian culture. I remember reading along time ago. About how some believe that if the dead was not buried properly, the sprint of the dead would roam the Earth and could cause problems for the living tell the body is buried. My dad and I both ran across this story on different sights. That got me thinking what I had read along time ago. It is not just the buildings and beaches need rebuilding and cleaning. They also have their belief in death they have to deal with. I have no proof of ghosts, but I have seen and felt some very strange shit in my life. This topic got me thinking about the story. WTF is this? (semi graphic) FIXED Mon, June 27, 2005 Restless ghosts Asians shun tsunami beaches By WILLIAM FOREMAN, Associated Press HONG KONG -- Worries about another deadly tsunami are keeping many tourists from Phuket, the premier resort island of southern Thailand. But hordes of Asian vacationers are staying away for another reason: Fear the ghosts of thousands of victims may be haunting the beaches and bungalows. A widely held superstition in Chinese societies holds that if bodies are not recovered and properly buried, the spirits restlessly wander the world. Some believe the lost souls try to drag living beings into their spiritual limbo land. "As soon as people try to go into the sea, they start worrying about these things," said Joseph Tung Yao Chung, executive director of the Travel Industry Council of Hong Kong. Six months after the disaster, Tung says Hong Kong residents are avoiding Phuket, and travel industry executives in Taiwan, mainland China and South Korea also report the island is no longer a popular destination. Kang Jung-hoon, who arranges trips for the large travel agency Hanna Tour in Seoul, said people are afraid of ghosts and rumours that bodies are floating around. Kang said from January to June only 1,230 customers went to Phuket -- down sharply from the 3,187 who went during the same period last year. Media reports have helped fuel the superstition in South Korea. The free tabloid Sports Korea recently ran a story about three popular Korean celebrities who were filming a television show in Phuket, saying the stars reported hearing voices at their hotel they believed were spirits. MORE THAN 5,300 DEAD More than 5,300 people are known dead and 2,900 more went missing when the tsunami swept over Thailand's southwestern coast on Dec. 26, six months ago yesterday. Many of the victims were foreign tourists from Europe and Asia. Many beach hotels were quickly repaired, and Thailand's travel industry is aggressively promoting the area. A government-backed tsunami warning system is being installed. Among the places hit was Phuket's busiest beach, Patong. Travel agent Jirakan Pattawong said she has noticed the big drop off in Asian tourists there. "Asians used to come here as solo travellers, but now they only come in groups because they're scared to come alone," she said. "The tourists from Australia and the U.K. are not worried. They say it's nature, it happened and it is past. They're not scared," said Rapeeporn Thavorn, director of revenue at the Holiday Inn Resort Phuket on Patong. http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/WinnipegSun/News/2005/06/27/1106857-sun.html |
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Sprint is already bad enough. I can't imagine how bad a Sprint of the Dead could be. That's why I switched to T-Mobile. |