Martin PII

check PH values asap, because you mentioned bleeding behind the gills, hen the ater is too acid, then the gills will "melt "

Foreign dive masters/instructors, keep your passport and WP in your wetsuit

In case you need a medical certificate: Dr Thiti is recommended, 100 Baht, no questions or bloodcheck either, but the certificate in 5 minutes. From Chalong circle towards Rawai, 100 mtrs right hand side

Vinegar neutralises most of the venom, wet tobacco works as well

Straight to immigration and apply for visa ? O_0

Problem is: the drivers dont go on a visarun, they are one a formula 1 track and the competition is to reach the border or home base first. Last time I went the driver drove a max from 180 km/h.

Those russians were very lucky, though back problems may reveal themself later on, the visarun company gonna be responsable for that too ?

Better option: fly in the air, not on the road, but its a roughly a 10 k Bath more

Alien vs predator ?

I know a french guy on Koh Lanta, who solved the trash problem by himself with cooperation of the local business owners. Trash is recycled now , plastic and metal is separated and is transported to the main land where its used again. Sounds weird huh? It is possible.

Further, a very simple solution for the waste water is possible and doesnt cost that much because the natural ingredients for a simple filter are already present. Dead coral, charcoal and sand will do the trick in combination of septic tanks.

Next BIG thing to worry about is the collection of empty batteries used by the rubber tappers. Now , when batteries are empty, they end up in the environment, they just lit them in the jungle and in the end , the contents will end up in the ocean. They should start using rechargeable ones, in combination with LED headlights, in which batteries last for more then a year.

Thought it was "Khaolak" tsunami film : the Impossible....