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As a long time diver, I always used Electrolyte in my water, makes it much more tasty, and much more healthy than mixing it with sweet fruit juices or soft drinks. 

A wise decision to keep it closed for a while longer, at least until much more of the corals have recovered, and if the government can not control the situation / limit of visitors afterwards, it should remain closed. 

Incredible, so many Thai(land) hate comments. Do you guys actually live here? And if so, why stay around in a place that you despise so much? 

15 minutes ago, Orton Rd said:

How do you know she was 18 if you did not know her? Most of the buggers where we live would run a foreigner over rather than give you a lift!

Would rather run you over ? Do you choose to live in the worst place in Thailand, or are you just the most unlikable person ? 

Better idea to keep Maya bay closed for a much longer time, until some corals really have had the chance to re-grow. 

Some slapstick Laurel & Hardy music would be appropriate ...  

The banning of plastic bags ( and replacing them with paper bags ) would be just a beginning, what about the endless amount of plastic bottles here ( not only water ) ? Milk in bottles, yoghurt in plastic cups in the supermarket, the plastic having even more weight than the content..  Lots of changes needed here. 

"Thailand had faced a major tragedy in 2006 when the country was hit by the world’s deadliest tsunami, causing the loss of thousands of lives."

Strange... I remember pretty well it was in 2004. 

5 hours ago, KMartinHandyman said:

air tanks that have necessary oxygen in them?

Air usually has oxygen in it.. 

I guess nobody ever did it because it's not possible. 

Yes you can own a house (on land that's owned by a Thai, and, hopefully, with your lease on the chanote) but you must be involved from the beginning, when the building permit and construction plans and drawings are on your name. 

1 hour ago, Acemaker said:

I dont understand why you are even a Member here, there are bound to be far more negative posts in here re Thailand than positive, and yet day after day you come in here bleating about Members who dont feel the same as you do about this country, getting all upset about it, you are virtually a lone voice in here, the fact that Thais can do no wrong in your eyes is nieve beyond belief!  there are people in here that have been beaten up by Mobs of cowardly Thais, been mugged, Robbed, scammed,Family Members, Loved ones killed in Road Accidents by Drunken Bonehead Thais and yet you come in here constantly tarring all Brits with the same Brush, and i know for a fact that you are British yourself! you should be ashamed of yourself, Go somewhere else or find another Corner to Cry in.

Finally a well written non Thai bashing post, and no, not a lone voice at all... And you kill it with senseless rubbish about "mobs, boneheads" etc... ? Lol.

Maybe You should be the one to be ashamed of yourself, and go cry somewhere else

Koh Yao Noi

Kuraburi ( also in PhangNga)

The Khao Lak beach area is even more then 15km here, going to be hard to enforce this ?

Not bad ... 210 HP offroad. But still a Thai bummer : bring the real (F150)  Raptor benzin engine, with 3.5 liter Eco boost 450 HP on the Thai market, then it has the right to be called a Raptor ( and I'll be very interested ). 

2 hours ago, Ro54 said:

But, on 90% of my dives, the weightbelt goes usually of before the rest of equipment, exception is some boatdives, where the fins are delivered before climbing the ladder(usually, they take your weights, too).

Maybe on your divetrips, boatdives are an exception. Here in Thailand though, boatdives are standard everywhere. 

Usually, the weights are kept on, when climbing the boat ladder. 

Removing weights in water, is trained, but usually not done because of the weights (or ofcourse the whole weightbelt) being dropped, especially by beginners. 

Shh.. do not spoil our secret spot here leave it the way it is...

13 minutes ago, stevenl said:

Obviously not.

 

At Racha Yai protection is now taken seriously, and the situation there is improving. Nice corals at Racha Noi and other divesites like Kata beach. Also places like Koh Doc Mai, Shark Point, King Cruiser, Anemone Reef, really nice corals.

Indeed, KDM, Shark Point etc.etc. nice corals, soft coral as well, much better looking than in the photo with the anchor. 

Good to hear that protection is taken more serious, no excuse to drop anchor anywhere in the area.

4 minutes ago, stevenl said:

Sad such an uninformed post.

Maybe.just too many dives around the area, to be able to qualify the rocks and sand and dead staghorn around Phuket islands (Racha Yai) as "Coral" 

Coral.. around Phuket ? Since when ? 

11 hours ago, chickenslegs said:

Strange, I always imagined that coral looked more like this ...

Haha... not at Racha Yai 

I have two kids (from my wife) at home, growing up with us in Mathayom school ( 13 and 15 years old ) I just paid for the second term which was 2 x 3500, :  there are two terms so about a total of 14.000 a year. Government school here in south Thailand, there are several other schools in this area that are slightly more expensive. 

My wife pays 1800 a month for the schoolbus, and there are some extra things like uniforms / shoes, books etc.  which is about 10.000 a year more in total 

Just now, InMyShadow said:

Yes it's where nearly all the tourists visit before they marry a Buffalo scrubber and head for the hills and would "never be seen dead ' in Pattaya all of a sudden

Ring a bell?

Yeah rings a bell... think I've been to both places a few times. 

Wouldn't like to spend all too much time in either of them. 

1 hour ago, rebbu said:

All of Thailand is the real Thailand. 

Pattaya the real Thailand ? ??