during my 8 1/2 yrs on Lanta, we had several sea turtles come upon our beaches, in several instances Thais would stand guard while the huge reptile laid its eggs and 'nursed' them; sadly, the last one i saw, in 2016, was deceased, at the south end of our neighborhood's beach, Hat Klong Khong...
speaking of beaches, even though on the 'quiet' side of Koh Tao, the beach villa did NOT get built unawares, surely the local mafia head & corrupt village headman (one and the same) and police and other officials were involved, either as owners or extorting money from whomever constructed it!
horrible about the walkway in Don Muang and the woman losing a limb, i shuddered when i recalled how many of those i've traversed in Thailand, esp at Swampy...
during my 8 1/2 yrs on Lanta, we had several sea turtles come upon our beaches, in several instances Thais would stand guard while the huge reptile laid its eggs and 'nursed' them; sadly, the last one i saw, in 2016, was deceased, at the south end of our neighborhood's beach, Hat Klong Khong...
speaking of beaches, even though on the 'quiet' side of Koh Tao, the beach villa did NOT get built unawares, surely the local mafia head & corrupt village headman (one and the same) and police and other officials were involved, either as owners or extorting money from whomever constructed it!
horrible about the walkway in Don Muang and the woman losing a limb, i shuddered when i recalled how many of those i've traversed in Thailand, esp at Swampy...