IrishIvan Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 I went for a walk along Chalong Bay this morning and I was disgusted at what I saw. There is plastic bottles and garbage all over the beach. Imagine what the thousands of tourists that transit this area daily think? Also where is all that money going that the pier users have to pay? Isnt it 20 - 30 baht per person? Multiply that by tens of thousands and I am sure there could be some money set aside for a couple of beach cleaners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenBravo Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 I'll shall write to my MP about this. You see if I don't!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Croc Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Shane should be ashamed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaidDown Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Imagine what the thousands of tourists that transit this area daily think? I would imagine that most do not think. Most of the ones that do think take the attitude... 'Well there is so much garbage, bottles and other stuff here already that my additional rubbish will not make much difference.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishIvan Posted October 29, 2013 Author Share Posted October 29, 2013 I'll shall write to my MP about this. You see if I don't!! Not really my style, I was hoping for Rhianna to retweet it or the Phuket News to pick up the story Sent from my GT-N7100 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelepulse Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 This time of the year it washes up with every incoming tide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NomadJoe Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 The beach around the pier is not the piers responsibility. (The pier is managed by PPAO). The SEEK (Society, Environment, Economy, Knowledge) organization of Phuket is making great strides at getting daily beach cleaners assigned to each Phuket beach, partially funded by tourism sector businesses, partially by local government, as well as organizing mass beach clean-up days. The last time I spoke to one of the SEEk directors, Chalong was without sponsors but next on the list for this program. Care to sponsor? You can contact them on their website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NamKangMan Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 (edited) Well, we all know what the tourists are going to go home and say to their friends and family about it. There are many cheap package holidays on offer in this country, and region, without the dirty beaches. As for "Calong Bay Shane" - I think he is either a lousy typer, or had one too many to drink when he posted. :) Edited October 29, 2013 by NamKangMan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiddlehead Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Since most of the tourists anymore are Chinese and Russians, I don't think they care about litter. Especially in China. Reminds me of a trip I took from Bejing to Chengdu on the train and refused to open my window to throw out my garbage like everyone else (all Chinese people except my friend and I), I waited and eventually found a garbage can at the other end of the car. 3 hours later, a floor-sweeping woman got to the can, opened the window and emptied the can out of the window of the moving train! They don't care! Russia wasn't nearly as bad when I travelled across there on the Trans-Siberian train, but it was dirtier than western Europe or America. When I travel with my family (Thai) in the states, and they see litter, they always say: "Look daddy, Chinese people must have been here" But yes, I agree with the OP. It is a problem. I care. I think the answer is to install garbage cans along the beach and somehow get businesses to pay to have them emptied by advertising on them. I've said this before though and the work permit problem always comes up. I do see paid workers cleaning up around Nai Harn lake the past few years. and it's made a huge difference. Even better, I sometimes see school kids in large groups cleaning up. This is what really will help as the adults (THai) don't seem to know it's a bad thing to litter) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NomadJoe Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 ^ Fiddle you just reminded me of the time I saw a woman on the back of a motorbike with one of those white with green lettering "Save the Earth" shirts we see around, no doubt handed out free at some eco-function she had attended. She was eating from a styrofoam package and plastic bag. As soon as she finished, tossed onto the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishIvan Posted October 30, 2013 Author Share Posted October 30, 2013 Dive masters are some of the worst litterbugs I have seen. Most of them smoke and I see plenty flicking their butts off boats and around the pier Sent from my GT-N7100 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenBravo Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Surely a moderator can correct the thread title? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivinginKata Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Surely a moderator can correct the thread title? Corrected Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andreandre Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Dive masters are some of the worst litterbugs I have seen. Most of them smoke and I see plenty flicking their butts off boats and around the pier Sent from my GT-N7100 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app I agree re; flicking their butts off boats....there's far too much of it going on IMO 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NamKangMan Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 (edited) Dive masters are some of the worst litterbugs I have seen. Most of them smoke and I see plenty flicking their butts off boats and around the pier Sent from my GT-N7100 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app I agree re; flicking their butts off boats....there's far too much of it going on IMO Great, not only do the dive masters "flick their butts off the boats" but also take a dump of the side off the boat. I suppose they will tell the tourists that it attracts fish. Edited October 30, 2013 by NamKangMan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
britpop Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 i don't think it's just chalong beaches and pier, every beach seems to not be cleaned like in the old days, the whole place especially patong has turned into a tipping site, i think tourists will comment on the infrastructure, roads, public transport, prices along with the cleanliness of the beach areas. does anyone know the tourist figures for Phuket, not the air passenger traffic, as more Thai's fly and in the past it's massaged the figures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Croc Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 Dive masters are some of the worst litterbugs I have seen. Most of them smoke and I see plenty flicking their butts off boats and around the pier Sent from my GT-N7100 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app I agree re; flicking their butts off boats....there's far too much of it going on IMO Great, not only do the dive masters "flick their butts off the boats" but also take a dump of the side off the boat. I suppose they will tell the tourists that it attracts fish. Having owned small boats, without toilet facilities, for much of my life, I've had to do that on many occasions. Usually I would spare the others by diving overboard, but not in deep water where the great whites lurk. Always insisted it was good burly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
britpop Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 Dive masters are some of the worst litterbugs I have seen. Most of them smoke and I see plenty flicking their butts off boats and around the pier Sent from my GT-N7100 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app I agree re; flicking their butts off boats....there's far too much of it going on IMO Great, not only do the dive masters "flick their butts off the boats" but also take a dump of the side off the boat. I suppose they will tell the tourists that it attracts fish. Having owned small boats, without toilet facilities, for much of my life, I've had to do that on many occasions. Usually I would spare the others by diving overboard, but not in deep water where the great whites lurk. Always insisted it was good burly. where does mr croc think the fish defecate, it's not like a sharks tale (the movie), i used to go fishing off shore and have no toilet facilities, i used to park my bum over the side and whistle, as far as i know it's bio degradable, the fish lap it up, thats why some fish come already seasoned, there's far worse things everyday being dumped in the sea by huge factories, industrial area's close to sea's, plastics are the scourge of the sea, how many fish go shopping with a plastic bag, so why is there so many in the water!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Croc Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 Mr croc thinks fish defecate in little toilets above the high water line. Any other inane questions, Ozzy Osborne? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NomadJoe Posted November 1, 2013 Share Posted November 1, 2013 Dive masters are some of the worst litterbugs I have seen. Most of them smoke and I see plenty flicking their butts off boats and around the pier Sent from my GT-N7100 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app I cannot disagree with you there, some instructors too. We are supposed to be ambassadors of the sea, yet some are clearly just in it for the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpyoldman Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 What happened to Chalong Bay Shane? Did he pass away? Told him those fake viagras and bargirls were gonna get him one day...... Ivan, saw Rocky IV last week on my cable movie channel, and Rocky still ends up beating up Drago. Who's the new avatar, Fiddler on The Roof guy? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishIvan Posted November 2, 2013 Author Share Posted November 2, 2013 What happened to Chalong Bay Shane? Did he pass away? Told him those fake viagras and bargirls were gonna get him one day...... Ivan, saw Rocky IV last week on my cable movie channel, and Rocky still ends up beating up Drago. Who's the new avatar, Fiddler on The Roof guy? I just thought the new avatar looked less inflammatory or even trollish if you know what I mean. Great series the Rocky series, I always liked Clubber Lang as the bad dude Shane got corrected by the moderator, I was a bit hammered at Tamarind bar when I typed it out on my smartphone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenl Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 <snip> Ivan, saw Rocky IV last week on my cable movie channel, and Rocky still ends up beating up Drago. Who's the new avatar, Fiddler on The Roof guy? Ivan Rebroff, a German singer of possible Russian ancestry. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishIvan Posted November 2, 2013 Author Share Posted November 2, 2013 <snip> Ivan, saw Rocky IV last week on my cable movie channel, and Rocky still ends up beating up Drago. Who's the new avatar, Fiddler on The Roof guy? Ivan Rebroff, a German singer of possible Russian ancestry. Im impressed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpyoldman Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 What happened to Chalong Bay Shane? Did he pass away? Told him those fake viagras and bargirls were gonna get him one day...... Ivan, saw Rocky IV last week on my cable movie channel, and Rocky still ends up beating up Drago. Who's the new avatar, Fiddler on The Roof guy? I just thought the new avatar looked less inflammatory or even trollish if you know what I mean. Great series the Rocky series, I always liked Clubber Lang as the bad dude Shane got corrected by the moderator, I was a bit hammered at Tamarind bar when I typed it out on my smartphone. So then I was right? Was this guy in Fiddler on the Roof? Wow, that was a longshot coming in. Yea, I like that Tamarind Bar at Chalong Pier too, great spot. Your boy: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NomadJoe Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 GOM, you made be laugh out loud with the fiddler on the roof comment. I was surprised ( an impressed) when you turned out to be right too! Your a fart smeller!. Clubber Lang. lol Best off topic ever guys. Thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpyoldman Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 GOM, you made be laugh out loud with the fiddler on the roof comment. I was surprised ( an impressed) when you turned out to be right too! Your a fart smeller!. Clubber Lang. lol Best off topic ever guys. Thx Joe, he who smelt it dealt it bro........ Yea how about the gold on Mr. T, every bargirl's HERO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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