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- Tue Jul 18, 2017 8:49 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Australian man dies in parasailing accident in Thailand
- Replies: 28
- Views: 8029
Re: Australian man dies in parasailing accident in Thailand
Wonderful,post my PM,,,,,,,,,,,,,i offered you a coffee or a beer to chat. Where in the world the the threat come from??? you have lived longer in Thailand than me!!! Back to Topic. I will post part of what you said in your PM, you said "You wouldn't say that to my face". Is that not a th...
- Mon Jul 17, 2017 11:44 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Australian man dies in parasailing accident in Thailand
- Replies: 28
- Views: 8029
Re: Australian man dies in parasailing accident in Thailand
Sorry, I can not post your PM because as I said in my previous reply to your post I deleted it.
- Sun Jul 16, 2017 2:08 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Australian man dies in parasailing accident in Thailand
- Replies: 28
- Views: 8029
Re: Australian man dies in parasailing accident in Thailand
Wow,its now funny that someone dies. Condolences to his family,either here in Thailand or Australia. I actually can not believe that someone posted that another human being dying was funny,no matter what the circumstances might have been!! I did not respond to your PM and I also deleted it. But I w...
- Sat Jul 15, 2017 6:01 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Australian man dies in parasailing accident in Thailand
- Replies: 28
- Views: 8029
Re: Australian man dies in parasailing accident in Thailand
Watched the video a few times. Upper harness is checked vigorously. But the most important part, leg straps are not checked. On the video it's difficult to see if the leg straps are fixed, but I cannot imagine how you can slip as upper harness (2 straps) pass under both arms. Maybe he opened his ar...
- Sat Jul 15, 2017 4:00 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Australian man dies in parasailing accident in Thailand
- Replies: 28
- Views: 8029
- Sat Jul 15, 2017 2:25 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Australian man dies in parasailing accident in Thailand
- Replies: 28
- Views: 8029
Re: Australian man dies in parasailing accident in Thailand
We still don't know if it was a safety problem or a mistake done by the victim . And we probably never will. Do not be surprised if the next news from Thailand is that he committed suicide. Yes, it is a dangerous sport, but probably less so than driving on Thai roads . The following may give some c...
- Sat Jul 15, 2017 2:22 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Australian man dies in parasailing accident in Thailand
- Replies: 28
- Views: 8029
Re: Australian man dies in parasailing accident in Thailand
I have done parasailing one time many years ago in Phuket, and I will never do it again.
Too risky! 


- Sun Jul 09, 2017 9:50 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Hua Hin dual-track rail project to go ahead
- Replies: 254
- Views: 67891
Re: Hua Hin dual-track rail routes go to cabinet
oakdale160 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 09, 2017 9:48 am My guess is that most posters on the forum are 60+, correct? So for us this is all theoretical, it will take decades for all this to be done.

- Fri Jul 07, 2017 7:00 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Thailand's dark side: why you really shouldn't visit Koh Tao
- Replies: 138
- Views: 35104
- Thu Jul 06, 2017 9:18 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Koh Tao police to reopen death case of Belgian tourist
- Replies: 34
- Views: 8500
Re: Koh Tao police to reopen death case of Belgian tourist
Think you'll find the majority of crooks , scammers, scumbags and undesirables are those that have moved to Thailand to live, as opposed to tourists. :| Right, and I said both foreign(farang) and domestic(Thai). And some of those foreigners are genuine tourists and some of those foreigners live her...
- Wed Jul 05, 2017 3:05 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Koh Tao police to reopen death case of Belgian tourist
- Replies: 34
- Views: 8500
Re: Koh Tao police to reopen death case of Belgian tourist
Thailand needs to start moving away from tourism, the Tourism Industry in Thailand just attracts too many crooks, scammers, scumbags and undesirables both foreign and domestic. And Thailand needs to stop constantly lying to themselves and get to work fixing the real problems and issues that exist h...
- Wed Jul 05, 2017 11:28 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Koh Tao police to reopen death case of Belgian tourist
- Replies: 34
- Views: 8500
Re: Koh Tao police to reopen death case of Belgian tourist
Thats what we farang think it NEEDS, but then who cares what we think. The whole concept of identifying the source of a problem, considering the choices to solve the problem, choosing one and acting on it with determination. Those are the elements of problem-solving. Which one is missing?? ALL of t...
- Wed Jul 05, 2017 10:32 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Koh Tao police to reopen death case of Belgian tourist
- Replies: 34
- Views: 8500
Re: Koh Tao police to reopen death case of Belgian tourist
Thailand needs to start moving away from tourism, the Tourism Industry in Thailand just attracts too many crooks, scammers, scumbags and undesirables both foreign and domestic. And Thailand needs to stop constantly lying to themselves and get to work fixing the real problems and issues that exist he...
- Tue Jul 04, 2017 3:54 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Koh Tao police to reopen death case of Belgian tourist
- Replies: 34
- Views: 8500
Re: Koh Tao police to reopen death case of Belgian tourist
Only in Thailand ... SAMUI TIMES FACES LIBEL CHARGE FOR LABELING KOH TAO ‘DEATH ISLAND’ Surat Thani governor told reporters Monday he intended to sue an English-language news website for nicknaming Koh Tao “Death Island.” Uaychai Innak said such labeling by Samui Times “distorted” the situation the...
- Sat Jun 24, 2017 11:12 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Five die in wastewater pond
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2244
Re: Five die in wastewater pond
Ewwwwww, sounds gross like CP food products. 
