Richb2004v2

Has anyone any experience of being stung by wasps here in Thailand, or know which ones actually sting and should be avoided? My wife is often chased around the garden by various huge black wasps that may or may not have the ability to sting. I also get annoyed by them but try not to run from them. I occasionally give them a ‘bat’ with a book or something but fear that one day I will be stung. There seem to be many different variations, some black and yellow, some black and orange, and the one bothering me at this minute is black and white, and some just black. So, which ones should I avoid upsetting and which ones am I safe to set upon?

We went to Koh Chang for the weekend and had a great time. However I was amazed at the driving on the island. This is probably one of the most re-hashed subject on TV but I can’t help bringing it up again. The steep and winding road on Koh Chang is notoriously dangerous. As far as I know there are many accidents every year. For this reason I would expect folk to drive with extra care. This may be a little naïve of me. Around 8:30 in the evening whilst negotiating the down hill bends with another car in front of us we were overtaken by one of the Dive centre pick up trucks. I'm not sure that I have ever seen a more dangerous maneuver in my life. We were at a very sharp bend with no way of seeing around it. There could so easily have been another vehicle coming the other way. I couldn’t help thinking that if a holiday maker had been coming the other way on a scooter what the result would have been. Whilst this was the worst incident we saw we did see the usual overtaking dangerously and unnecessarily on other stretches of road. This is an old subject, and there is nothing that we can do about it, but I just wondered what the accident rate was for Koh Chang and how many unfortunate folk have been killed there due to such idiotic actions as this?