"Mother Heart" must have been written in English.

Whilst it does not make him a Brit... it does assume he of native English speaking descent

Me thinks this is a translation snafu, the tatoo is probably " Mother" encircled with a heart- and does it have any connection with the deaths in Phi Phi the last 2 days? ( and the death of a Norwegian man last month ..)

"Mother Heart" must have been written in English.

Whilst it does not make him a Brit... it does assume he of native English speaking descent

Me thinks this is a translation snafu, the tatoo is probably " Mother" encircled with a heart- and does it have any connection with the deaths in Phi Phi the last 2 days? ( and the death of a Norwegian man last month ..)

This makes the third "incident" in this area within a very short time period (actually this was the first).

Does anyone know how this man died?

There was another incident in Krabi and another just one week ago in Phi Phi Island.

Looks like we have three "unexplained" deaths.

CNN is reporting it and said that the Thais won't give any info.

This may be another 1-2 fly.

JR, what part of Texas you from?

in some guest house near there (Puket / Krabi / Phi Phi) there are some belongings going untended. Some guest house manager in that region knows this. So unless the dead fellow's gear has been stolen, there's a big clue to who the guy is.

It would stand to reason that at least one person was acquainted with the guy. Hopefully that one person will make some motions to find out where his/her missing friend is. Is there any provision in that region for 'Missing Person' report/list? A photo of his face would help in the process.

This is not unlike the mysterious death by rope at the Bkk bridge recently. The man's identity came forth about 9 days later. A guest house manager was key in ID'ing him.