News Forum - British diver dies in mysterious circumstances on Thailand’s Koh Tao

[Marc26]

23 hours ago, Soidog said:

I had a very different experience in Pattaya. I needed assistance from the police. Having thought they were on my side, they then tried to embezzle money from me. I won’t go in to details, but had it not been for a lucky call I decided to make to a Thai friend who warned me of the scam, the outcome could have been much worse. 
 

As with all situations involving people, there are always good and bad. I’ve met one or two decent police in Thailand, but overall, I simply wouldn’t trust them. 

Oh even with my good experiences I would still go into every interaction with them defensively 

 

My wife doesn't trust them at all

 

I remember the day of the Tsunami we were sleeping after a long night of drinking 

 

So we wake up we just hopped on the MB and followed everyone and I kept telling her to ask the police and she refused to

[Polkadot]

On 1/23/2023 at 5:34 PM, Soidog said:

It is indeed strange how many incidents such as this are reported. It would be beneficial to know the data behind this and other similar places. On the one hand I feel it’s an abnormally risky place to visit, while on the other I feel it could be suffering from the Bermuda Triangle syndrome. Every time such an incident happens on Koh Tao it gets lots of publicity and hence high profile, which serves to heighten the suspicion that it is a dangerous place. 

I know of a death elsewhere reported as accident but wasnt. Be careful.