Mavideol 12,445 Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 (edited) 5 hours ago, Noob81 said: Tourist my back. The boy is as local as it gets publicity stunt, business is slow, wonder if TAT is behind that 555 Edited November 25, 2019 by Mavideol 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites
hotchilli 16,546 Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 6 hours ago, webfact said: The words were echoed by netizens who want more spending on preventing deaths of visitors to the holiday island. Some money would be a good start. Link to post Share on other sites
tifino 8,440 Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 just be thankful he didn't run over anyone else, on the way out/in! Link to post Share on other sites
ronaldo0 1,707 Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 25 minutes ago, Mavideol said: publicity stunt, business is slow, wonder if TAT is behind that 555 I’m thinking more to get them a good name and stop people moaning about them on that beach . Make a change from jet ski scams , threatening behaviour , almost hitting swimmers and shooting each other !! Link to post Share on other sites
Redline 4,750 Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 6 hours ago, PatOngo said: Those 2 metre waves look treacherous! Rivaling Hawaii and Australia for surfing now Link to post Share on other sites
Redline 4,750 Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 Awe come on, no big deal, there are tens of millions Of tourists-anyway who will e in charge, and will they be competent? Link to post Share on other sites
Scott Tracy 700 Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 Shut the beaches and the mountains and the elephant sanctuaries. Oh, why not stop tourism all together? That'll stop them dying in Thailand. The authorities are expected to do what exactly, to stop the number of tourists dying? Especially when we heard today of a British guy visiting his father who seems to have to have taken his own life. Everyone takes risks, warning signs abound. All adventure is risky. You assess the risk, then decide whether the risk is acceptable or not. It's an adventure crossing the roads here, being driven in a mini van here. Being a tourist here... Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Mario666 307 Posted November 25, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted November 25, 2019 (edited) 5 hours ago, GalaxyMan said: I am so sick of people refusing to take responsibility for their own actions. Why is it Thailand's fault that people drown? What nonsense. People ignore red flags, roped safe swimming areas, etc. Sad that they die, but stupidity should be painful to the stupid, too. I have been swimming since the age of 4 years old, was a professional diver in the North Sea and many other countries around the World and consider myself to be a reasonably strong swimmer. However, I myself ran into difficulties a few years ago when swimming at the Southern end of Chaweng beach on Koh Samui. There were no "Red Flags" flying and I only swam to about 250m offshore...But when trying to return I found myself being dragged out to sea by a strong current...probably a "Riptide". There was a "Lifeguard" there, but when I waved to signal my problem he was too busy engaging the girles on the beach and didn't see me. But, everyone should know what a "Riptide" is and know what to do when caught in one which fortunately I did. https://www.wikihow.com/Survive-a-Rip-Tide Maybe someone who cares could put a copy of this guide into all seaside hotel rooms, with Chinese translation???....Particularly in Phuket! Also hope you take notice of this and pass it on to friends and family when they visit Thailand or any other seaside resorts around the world! Edited November 25, 2019 by Mario666 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Noob81 10 Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 8 hours ago, Matzzon said: Would it be possible that the boy is living in a city 10 km away? My dear TV expert, look at the map first (if you can find Koh Samui on it). My point is the whole article is aimed at tourists (read it again) who don't "follow local advice" while the kid is most likely Samui local (plenty of them hang out at beaches in the afternoon). Write an article about Thai kids having no idea about swimming and riptides and attach this video - this will be spot on 1 Link to post Share on other sites
PoorSucker 6,925 Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 On 11/25/2019 at 2:54 PM, Noob81 said: kid is most likely Samui local Most local Samui kids can swim, including my son, they live by the sea. Unfortunately lot of kids are not local but mainlanders and they can't swim. Agree most Thai kids have no clue about swimming but they are not born on Samui. Link to post Share on other sites
AtlasAus 126 Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 On 11/25/2019 at 2:51 PM, GalaxyMan said: I am so sick of people refusing to take responsibility for their own actions. Why is it Thailand's fault that people drown? What nonsense. People ignore red flags, roped safe swimming areas, etc. Sad that they die, but stupidity should be painful to the stupid, too. Exactly. It is happening everywhere. You cannot legislate to be rid of stupidity. Natural Selection at work. Kudos to the jet ski rider however. Link to post Share on other sites
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