webfact Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 Chinese woman drowns at Koh Samet beach Image: Daily News RAYONG:-- A Chinese woman has died after getting into difficulty while swimming off Koh Samet on Monday. Chen Mengyuan, 23, was with five friends when began shouting for help before disappearing under the water. Friends and rescue workers rushed to save her and administered CPR on the beach before she was taken to Samet hospital for treatment. She was then transferred to Rayong hospital but was pronounced dead shortly after arrival. The official cause of death is yet to be determined. Thai media reports the deceased was an intern at the UN in Thailand. Source: Daily News -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2016-12-06 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronrat Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Some of the beaches there you have to go out 2 miles before you get your tits wet. RIP to the woman but something terribly stupid has gone on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retiredandhappyhere Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Sad news for the lady's family. I think that the Chinese are still coming here in vast numbers, as before, but it seems that fewer of them are going back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beats56 Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Do Chinese even no how to swim? Seems a awful lot of them drown. Rip to the young girl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphod reborn Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 3 hours ago, Retiredandhappyhere said: Sad news for the lady's family. I think that the Chinese are still coming here in vast numbers, as before, but it seems that fewer of them are going back. Chinese tourism is down. Must be the elimination lack of repeat visitors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grubster Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 I don't know if there are rip tides there but if there are I wish that fact could be pounded into the heads of tourists from abroad and Thailand. I got caught in one on my first trip to the ocean, I was a very strong swimmer and 17 years old or would have been dead for sure. I swam straight against it as I didn't know better. I'm not sure I could have made it back if I didn't get some luck as it quit when I was really wearing down but winning the battle. When it stopped I was in five feet of water and able to stand up but no way I could have stood up against that current. It was years later that I found out what that was. It wouldn't be a very long course in school to teach of this risk. It seems swimming lessons are out of the question. No child of mine would not learn to swim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 42 minutes ago, Grubster said: I don't know if there are rip tides there but if there are I wish that fact could be pounded into the heads of tourists from abroad and Thailand. I got caught in one on my first trip to the ocean, I was a very strong swimmer and 17 years old or would have been dead for sure. I swam straight against it as I didn't know better. I'm not sure I could have made it back if I didn't get some luck as it quit when I was really wearing down but winning the battle. When it stopped I was in five feet of water and able to stand up but no way I could have stood up against that current. It was years later that I found out what that was. It wouldn't be a very long course in school to teach of this risk. It seems swimming lessons are out of the question. No child of mine would not learn to swim. Adopt me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HooHaa Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 11 minutes ago, NanLaew said: Adopt me? there are plenty of strays more deserving, sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunroaming Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 9 hours ago, webfact said: Thai media reports the deceased was an intern at the UN in Thailand. She was not a tourist. She worked for the UN in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FitnessHealthTravel Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 10 hours ago, Beats56 said: Do Chinese even no how to swim? Seems a awful lot of them drown. Rip to the young girl. Having lived there for 6 years and swimming almost daily in pools around Shanghai there were very few that could swim. Not unlike Thais either, many can't save themselves if they get into trouble. It is a huge issue and it can happen very, very fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacobsladder Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 I've been to Ko Samet five times and on two of those occasions I've seen people pulled out of the water lifeless and looking slightly blue. This has been over a period of 16 years. I can't remember the name of the places we stayed the two times I've seen this, but both incidents occurrred a couple of beaches north of Tubtim. There is an undercurrent there sometimes that can easily drag you out. I moved to Thailand last year and it was one of the things that put me off Ko Samet. My kids are now well aware of what to do if there is an undertow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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