Female French tourists praised for cleaning up the beach at Samui - rewarded with coconut water!

[webfact]

Daily News Thai Caption: Most Impressive

 

Thailand's national media Daily News said that locals in Koh Samui in southern Thailand were most impressed after three French ladies collected trash blown off the sea onto the beach in Mae Nam.

 

Anong Villa resort owner Phumin Nakpetchphun alerted the media to the act of selflessness.

"I'm from Samui," he said, "and I was most impressed. It made me cry".

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Though he admitted if it wasn't tossed in the sea in the first place it wouldn't need clearing up.

 

The tourists were similarly impressed after they were rewarded for their efforts with some fresh coconut water.

 

Picture: Daily News

 

A kindness that was met with "wais" from the ladies.

 

Among their haul were plastic bottle, bottles containing engine oil, tonic drink bottles and other rubbish.

 

Picture: Daily News

 

They said it was lovely down at the beach in Thailand with its clear water and they wanted to keep it that way.

 

They particularly loved Koh Samui and Koh Phangan and hoped their compatriots would also be visiting soon. 

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Further reward also came later Sunday when their national football team 'cleared up' at the World Cup in Qatar beating Poland 3-1, notes ASEAN NOW. 

 

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[ThomasThBKK]

Every god damn island here is cleaned by foreigners/immigrants/tourists, look up trash hero thailand.

 

As always thais come for nothing but a photo and PR, how about use ur 2 bloody arms and pickup trash urself man...

[howlee101]

They could be deported for doing a job reserved for Thai people. Wait, on second thought......keep up the great work ladies. 

[KannikaP]

I wonder where the rubbish went after it had been collected.

[KhunLA]

9 minutes ago, ThomasThBKK said:

As always thais come for nothing but a photo and PR, how about use ur 2 bloody arms and pickup trash urself man...

Why would they feel obligated to pick up other people's trash.

 

I don't pick up other people's trash, that's ridiculous.  That's why I pay taxes. 

 

Thankfully where I live people don't throw trash all over surfside and it's maintained, by locals, that little bit that does make it there.

Edited December 5, 2022 by KhunLA

[HuskerDo2]

Just now, ThomasThBKK said:

Every god damn island here is cleaned by foreigners/immigrants/tourists, look up trash hero thailand.

 

As always thais come for nothing but a photo and PR, how about use ur 2 bloody arms and pickup trash urself man...

God wasn't involved. Don't damn him.

[KannikaP]

9 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Why would they feel obligated to pick up other people's trash.

 

I don't pick up other people's trash, that's ridiculous.  That's why I pay taxes. 

 

Thankfully where I live people don't throw trash all over surfside and it's maintained, by locals, that little bit that does make it there.

So where DO you live, LA? Or LaLa land....5555

Edited December 5, 2022 by KannikaP

[HuskerDo2]

Just now, KhunLA said:

Why would they feel obligated to pick up other people's trash.

 

I don't pick up other people's trash, that's ridiculous.  That's why I pay taxes. 

 

Thankfully where I live people don't throw trash all over surfside and it's maintained, by locals, that little bit that does make it there.

"Why would they feel obligated to pick up other people's trash."... they didn't feel obligated. It's called doing a good deed and doing the right thing. All of us can learn something from them. Not to wait for someone else to act if you can get involved and help. Don't complain when it isn't picked up while you sit on your hands. If more people were like these ladies, the world would be a far better place. Good for them.

 

"Thankfully where I live people don't throw trash all over surfside and it's maintained, by locals , that little bit that does make it there.".... but you live there and yet don't consider yourself a local. Hmmmmm....... could someone be a tad lazy. 

[KannikaP]

21 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Why would they feel obligated to pick up other people's trash.

 

I don't pick up other people's trash, that's ridiculous.  That's why I pay taxes. 

 

Thankfully where I live people don't throw trash all over surfside and it's maintained, by locals, that little bit that does make it there.

They did not feel OBLIGATED as that means required by law. Neither were they OBLIGED to do it as they didn't expect a reward. They did it because they WANTED to.

[bob smith]

why dont thais keep their own house clean? why is it the foreigners job to clean up after the dirty beggars?

 

probably too busy watching channel 3 drama and drinking lao kao...

TIT

[ThomasThBKK]

29 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Why would they feel obligated to pick up other people's trash.

 

I don't pick up other people's trash, that's ridiculous.  That's why I pay taxes. 

 

Thankfully where I live people don't throw trash all over surfside and it's maintained, by locals, that little bit that does make it there.

This isn't trash people throw away on the islands, this is mostly ocean trash from fishing boats, rivers etc. 

 

Much of the stuff is from Vietnam as they dump it in the Mekong at least in the Gulf of Thailand. 

 

Why Thais (or anyone else who earns money at the beach) should pick it up is quite simple, they run the coconut bars/beach bars/hotels at the beaches where where the trash is...

[MrJ2U]

41 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

 

I don't pick up other people's trash, that's ridiculous.  That's why I pay taxes. 

What a horrible attitude. 

[OneMoreFarang]

42 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

I wonder where the rubbish went after it had been collected.

That reminds me of my visit to the Maldives many years ago. They collected all the garbage on the local island. And then they transported it with a boat to dump it far away into the sea - near some other island... 

[KhunLA]

25 minutes ago, HuskerDo2 said:

"Why would they feel obligated to pick up other people's trash."... they didn't feel obligated. It's called doing a good deed and doing the right thing. All of us can learn something from them. Not to wait for someone else to act if you can get involved and help. Don't complain when it isn't picked up while you sit on your hands. If more people were like these ladies, the world would be a far better place. Good for them.

 

"Thankfully where I live people don't throw trash all over surfside and it's maintained, by locals , that little bit that does make it there.".... but you live there and yet don't consider yourself a local. Hmmmmm....... could someone be a tad lazy. 

My reply was to TomBKK and nothing to do with trash heroes.

 

Local = Thais 

I don't complain about places that are trashed up, because I don't visit them.

[KhunLA]

5 minutes ago, MrJ2U said:

What a horrible attitude. 

If I was to stop,  pick up everyone's trash I see on the ground, it would take me at least an hour to walk a 100 meters.

 

Don't expect me to do what you probably don't do.

[actonion]

56 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Why would they feel obligated to pick up other people's trash.

 

I don't pick up other people's trash, that's ridiculous.  That's why I pay taxes. 

 

Thankfully where I live people don't throw trash all over surfside and it's maintained, by locals, that little bit that does make it there.

Good job  so many others dont think like you

[KhunLA]

18 minutes ago, actonion said:

Good job  so many others dont think like you

And yet except for the 'Heroes', I never see them.

 

Seen plenty of farangs throwing trash on the ground, I've yet to see one picking someone else's trash up.

Edited December 5, 2022 by KhunLA

[ezzra]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

The tourists were similarly impressed after they were rewarded for their efforts with some fresh coconut water.

Now don't you scoff at a coconut water as a reward, this is Samui's form of the highest owner they can bestow on a foreigner who do the job of the municipality...

[peter zwart]

Huge compliments to these ladies. If the locals now realize that they live in a beautiful country that they can be proud of and the tourists (who have not had an education), both throw their rubbish away themselves ...... A small effort.
 

Edited December 5, 2022 by peter zwart

[EVENKEEL]

I'm on the eastern seaboard and in a few months the beach will be saturated in trash from sea as the tides change.  The locals selling food steps from the beach won't lift a finger to clean up the trash. The school does a beach cleanup now and then while the vendors just look on.

 

 

[HuskerDo2]

Just now, KhunLA said:

My reply was to TomBKK and nothing to do with trash heroes.

 

Local = Thais 

I don't complain about places that are trashed up, because I don't visit them.

"Local = Thais"..... Can this be a real statement? Locals are anyone who live in the local area. But there are some who think they are more elite than the "locals". Oh well.

 

 

[EVENKEEL]

3 minutes ago, HuskerDo2 said:

"Local = Thais"..... Can this be a real statement? Locals are anyone who live in the local area. But there are some who think they are more elite than the "locals". Oh well.

 

 

Try going to Hawaii and tell the boys you're a local because you recently moved there.

[BangkokReady]

1 hour ago, KhunLA said:

Why would they feel obligated to pick up other people's trash.

They mean that they come for the photo opp, praise the tourists and say how great the thing that they did was (while gaining face for themselves), but never actually make the effort themselves.  Which makes their praise, coconut water and photos seem slightly empty.

 

A little cynical perhaps, but you can see their point.

[OneMoreFarang]

Probably those French female tourists were hoping for some romantic holiday on the beach with guys who line up to buy drinks for them. And then, probably after a few days, they discovered that all those guys are only interested in the local dusky girls.

I guess that was really frustrating for them. So they walked along the beach with some last hope that if they only search long enough, they will find a guy. But no, that never happened.

And then, instead of dying of boredom, they started to pick up the trash.

That was obviously a great idea. Win/win/win for everybody.

 

 

[spidermike007]

Good work. One of the reasons I left Samui, is the astonishing lack of pride, of most of the locals. Sometimes Thai people can learn through shame. These gals are shaming the locals. That is a good thing. Someone has to do it. The mayor of Samui has been amassing a fortune for a long time now, and he could have assembled beach clean up crews for 60,000 baht per month. That is drop in the bucket. But, he is too cheap, and has no vision or pride. Neither do most of the leading families on Samui, it would appear. 

 

Samui is a gorgeous island, once you get away from the Ring Road. But, some of the beaches need maintenance. 

Edited December 5, 2022 by spidermike007

[OneMoreFarang]

5 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

Good work. One of the reasons I left Samui, is the astonishing lack of pride, of most of the locals. Sometimes Thai people can learn through shame. These gals are shaming the locals. That is a good thing. Someone has to do it. The mayor of Samui has been amassing a fortune for a long time now, and he could have assembled beach clean up crews for 60,000 baht per month. That is drop in the bucket. But, he is too cheap, and has no vision or pride. Neither do most of the leading families on Samui, it would appear. 

 

Samui is a gorgeous island, once you get away from the Ring Road. But, some of the beaches need maintenance. 

I wonder how many Thais, especially those in powerful positions, ever go to the beach or swim in the sea. As far as I know important Thais, you know those white Thais who would never voluntarily go into the sun, don't spend any time on the beach. So, they won't see the rubbish. And that is almost the same as if they rubbish doesn't exist. It's all a question of priorities... 

[spidermike007]

8 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I wonder how many Thais, especially those in powerful positions, ever go to the beach or swim in the sea. As far as I know important Thais, you know those white Thais who would never voluntarily go into the sun, don't spend any time on the beach. So, they won't see the rubbish. And that is almost the same as if they rubbish doesn't exist. It's all a question of priorities... 

A reasonably good point. However, the locals on Samui are well aware of the trash. And yet they choose to ignore it. And the mayor is largely to blame. So are the leading families on Samui. Shame on them for their extreme lack of pride. It is an easy and inexpensive thing to keep these beaches clean. And with the money they generate from tourism, the trash is a very sad indictment on the leadership on Samui. When I lived there, sometimes the island felt like a very old dishrag, which had been used several hundred too many times. 

Edited December 5, 2022 by spidermike007

[EVENKEEL]

7 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I wonder how many Thais, especially those in powerful positions, ever go to the beach or swim in the sea. As far as I know important Thais, you know those white Thais who would never voluntarily go into the sun, don't spend any time on the beach. So, they won't see the rubbish. And that is almost the same as if they rubbish doesn't exist. It's all a question of priorities... 

They come to the beach to hide in the shade under the trees sipping whiskey with soda. And, the ladies venture over to the sea wall where photos don't show the trash. The tide changes and reclaims some of the trash, after awhile the plastic disappears by the poor walking the beach to recycle. Somehow the Thais don't mind living amidst trash.

[it is what it is]

 

had the good fortune to visit and stay on samui in the early 1990s; beach bungalow, makeshift beach restaurants, long pristine beach, clean sea... as close to paradise as i've ever been. went back around 10 years ago, was horrified by the state of the place, it was completely unrecognisable from the wonderful place i previously visited. wish i'd never returned, at least my memories would be untainted.

[brianthainess]

2 hours ago, ThomasThBKK said:

Every god damn island here is cleaned by foreigners/immigrants/tourists, look up trash hero thailand.

Simply FALSE information, my THAI wife is a trash hero. Not all are Foreigners.