Pattaya, Chon Buri:- A 60-year-old Danish tourist drowned at the Pattaya beach late Saturday night, police said.

The man was identified by his passport in his bag left on the beach as Nielsen Carsten.

Rescuers of the Sawang Boribun Thammasatan Foundation was alerted at half an hour after midnight or at 0:30 am Sunday that a foreign tourist drowned at the beach. The rescuers rushed to the beach and tried but failed to resuscitate him.

Police said Carsten was spotted floating on the sea near Soi 4 of the beach road in Tambon Nong Plua of Bang Lamung district and the people at the spot rushed out to pull him back and gave him resuscitation but failed to bring him back.

Witnesses told police that they saw him swimming out but they did not notice something wrong until hours later when his body was spotted floating.

The owner of the Ocean Guesthouse told police that Carsten and two friends have been renting his rooms since February 3 and they were scheduled to check out on March 3.

The guesthouse owner said Carsten told him that it was the first time that he visited Thailand. According to the guesthouse owner, Carsten drank a lot. Police suspected that he got a cramp while swimming.

Carsten’s body was sent to the Bang Lamung Hospital pending contact from his relatives.

Several foreign tourists have drowned in Pattaya mostly because they swam after drunk. On January 27, a western man drowned at the Jomthien beach. On November 11, a Russian tourist fell down a pier on Pattaya beach and drowned.

Danish man drowns in waters off Pattaya Beach

PATTAYA: -- In the early hours of Saturday the body of a 60 year old Danish man was pulled from the waters off Pattaya Beach and it was assumed he had drowned.

The body of Mr. Carsten Nielsen, who was wearing swimming trunks and was earlier seen on the beach in the afternoon, showed no signs of visible injury when he was examined by Police and they can only assume at this point that he may have suffered from cramp or an acute medical issue which caused him to drown.

Full story: http://www.pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/172623/danish-man-drowns-in-waters-off-pattaya-beach/

-- Pattaya One 2015-02-23

was this suicide?

who goes with his passport to the beach ?

"According to the guesthouse owner, Carsten drank a lot. Police suspected that he got a cramp while swimming."

Another day, another ridiculous police statement.

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was this suicide?

who goes with his passport to the beach ?

According to the explicit instructions in the Danish/Thai handbook, page 1 of 1, passports can be stolen in the guesthouse but it will always be safe on the beach.

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was this suicide?

who goes with his passport to the beach ?

According to the explicit instructions in the Danish/Thai handbook, page 1 of 1, passports can be stolen in the guesthouse but it will always be safe on the beach.

Imbecille remark