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What does a red flag flying at a beach mean? Part 2
Red - Beach Closed DO NOT enter the water
Yellow - Warning - potentially dangerous conditions
Red and Yellow - Patrolled area, the safest swimming area
Now I did not know this !
What if there is a red flag and a yellow flag 50 metres away?
I have never seen a shark flag!
What does a red flag mean?
Lasst year (2011) I posted two blogs about what a red flag means when it is on the beach.
On Saturday 2nd of June we visited two beaches, Kata Beach and Karon Beach - both had a red flag.
"Beach closed - do not enter water"
but I suppose that it means that the water is good for surfing?
Windguru is the site to tell you where to surf...
A red flag means DO NOT SWIM
I took a trip to Nikita's for a pizza last week and I was shocked that there were people in the water when there were a plethora of red flags along the beach.
I took some photographs and we took the opportunity to teach Jemma about what the red flag means when it is on the beach - Jemma did listen, we played in the sand
and had a great pizza at Nikita's and Som Tam - a good mix, do you know where you can get a Som Tam pizza?
Phuket Happenings - October 2014
October saw the culmination of the Phuket Vegetarian Festival and I managed to not have a visit to the Phuket International Hospital this year. Thousands packed the roads for the Festival.
The Worldwide Photowalk was not as previous years but it was fun none the less - next time I really should order a T.Shirt.
Then there was an escape to Australia for a fortnight...
More importantly - should I buy a Drone?
So there was a system of renting out the beach area and it was known about!
Phuket is scared to lose them????
Jet-ski's allowed on Kamala beach
- what? I thought...
- allowed to park...?
Jet-ski's are still scamming tourists
- - what? I thought...
6 illegal elephants to be expelled
- think that they meant 'unregistered'...
The bypass road collapses again
- they want to build a tunnel?
An incident at Phuket Tiger Kingdom...
- not visiting there again (dad was right)
Phuket Floating Market in 2015
- looking forward to it at Sapan Hin
Jet-ski's allowed on Kamala beach
- what? I thought...
- allowed to park...?
Jet-ski's are still scamming tourists
- - what? I thought...
6 illegal elephants to be expelled
- think that they meant 'unregistered'...
The bypass road collapses again
- they want to build a tunnel?
An incident at Phuket Tiger Kingdom...
- not visiting there again (dad was right)
Phuket Floating Market in 2015
- looking forward to it at Sapan Hin
A German tourist dies because swimming in the surf - with a Red Flag displayed
- who is responsible, the Travel Agency, the Hotel, Phuket...
- education somewhere - everywhere
View Accident black spots. in a larger map
What does a red flag flying at a beach mean? Part 1
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| from the Phuket Gazette |
People being caught in rip tides was the major cause of incidents, with 47 Thais and nine foreigners needing lifeguard help.
At Patong, Kamala and Laem Singh beaches, eight Thais and 45 foreigners required assistance.
Jellyfish stings accounted for half the help rendered at these west coast beaches, with four Thais and 24 foreigners being stung, with rip tides, sharp glass and jet-skis named as the causes of the remaining incidents.
At Surin, Bang Tao, Nai Thon, Nai Yang and Mai Khao beaches, one Thai and six foreigners required assistance.
Jellyfish stung one Thai and two foreigners, while the other swimmers were caught by rip tides and hit by big waves."
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| from the Phuket Gazette |
Thank you to the Phuket Lifeguard Services
I hope there is no problem with the contract this year?
But there have been a number of sea accidents relating to the rip tides
1) Karon
2) Karon
3) Kata
4) Kata and Karon.
how many languages does red flag have to be written in to say that the sea is dangerous?
Phuket Happenings - July 2013
This was a busy month - we had Cape Panwa Hotel Phuket Raceweek, Margaret and Thomas' Wedding, Kathu Festival and more...
Dengue Fever looked a little worrisome -
took Jemma to Phuket International Hospital.
A GPS signal on a stolen mobile 'caught' the thief'.
- next is the GPS catching the husband having the affair...
An illegal show at a Gay Club was closed and the dancers fined 500Baht each
and next week...
There was a gentle Quake (6.1) last week
- not felt by me!
Breast Increase surgery - demand increase by 20-30%
but 90% are foreigners...
Restaurant built on Public Land
- 2 years ago and it took this long because?
Bang Tao Canal is polluted
- smelly
Klong Mudong reinforced because the road was collapsing
- benefactor arrested because no permission given?
Phuket Airport bus to Beaches service begins
- but very little fanfare...
- how long do you think that it will last?
The DSI will arrive for crackdown on...
Russian Business owners using Thai nominees
and
Airport Taxi Drivers
- which will they be more successful with?
Rubbish can be dumped on private land (approved by the owner) as long as it does not pose a public or environmental health risk.
- it just looks disgusting...?
Accidents in bad weather so drive carefully
- do you think that this advice was understood?
Had a refusal from a car rental company to deliver a Rental Car because of the bad weather and the drivers on the road - this is understandable - but how do you explain this to people wanting to rent the car?
Phuket Immigration track overstays...
I have my paperwork - do you?
Illegal Taxi Drivers threaten the Governor!
and were they arrested?
No?
A Russian Swimmer dies in the Surf
- red flag...
Keep them out of the seas
- red flags...
Russian saved from 'Killer Rip'
- red flagsssss...
Russian ignores signs and red flags - dies in surf
...?
- was it all a scam or clever marketing?
Phuket Happenings - June 2013
So what happened in June to us and I really cannot recall everything -
I was given permission to develop teaching Thai Culture in my English Lessons
We went on the Phuket Walk
There was the Baba Wedding
I was excited about the Phita Kong Festival BUT...
Then I was asked to teach someone to make a cheesecake!
In the rest of Phuket...
Deaths because people ignored the Red Flag
- how many languages does this flag need to be in?
Phuket Beaches roped off...
I don't think that I have seen this before
Chinese dies
Snakes come out in the rains...
Ever tried Stand Up Paddlers?
and Paddle for the Planet.
After the complaint about the Russian Tour Guides
the Chinese Tourists were the brunt of a lot of criticism and across the world!
and sorry I see the behaviour regularly...
And the 'jailed' German who escaped his entourage in Bangkok airport!
but is rearrested later!!
Using Skype to catch a criminal
confused...
Korean plastic surgery (double jaw) - breaking the jaw and resetting.
- stop!!!!
Then the tourist boat from Phi Phi which took on water!
The airport bus is going to start on the 17th of July
watch this space...
Patong Hill and there is another crash!!
Then - repeat safety offenders (bus drivers) face losing their license!
Stop this insanity!
Patong does not seem to be a welcoming place
Aussie boys attacked by mob!!
Long-tails capsize in the sea of Krabi
Building on slopes - through slopes greater than 30 degrees is illegal
is it!?
Tablets for school children
- do any of the children have them?
A new idea - Tourists MUST have Medical Insurance
could you imagine trying to redeem!
Patong does not seem to be a welcoming place
Wiset Road - Krabi
Phuket News July 2012
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| on our trip to Koh Yao Noi |
Another accident @Heroines Monument.
Another accident nr. footbridge on Thepkrasattri Rd
Another accident @Mai Koh- motorbike x3 plus no helmets
British Ambassador says Safety First when travelling
Will there be a change in the airport for the Domestic Airline in Bangkok?
Someone dies in the surf in Patong
- it was dark so i suppose you could not see the red flag?
3 slow lorises found at the airport - carriers fined...
Blogged enough about red flags and the sea - how about blue flags and Phuket restaurants?
Again a whitewater death in Phang-Nga...
and it they were recently wed...
NASA cancel their climate studies in Thailand, because
1) they gave up - who understands the climate?
OR
2) the staff went missing?
Indonesians stole 2 million baht!!!!!!!!
from a policeman on his motorbike....
Then a Phuket Prison officer was robbed of 3 million baht!!!!!
no wonder people want to be policemen...
Land encroachment - 28 of 29 rai -
but the developer says that he has the correct deeds
Who would win?
Foreign Mafia vs. Local Mafia...
Hurrah :-)
- Australian Ambassador to Thailand James Wise today called for police to launch an island-wide crackdown on weapons, including those carried by tuk-tuk drivers.
and tuk-tuk drivers
Phuket tries to increase tourism - how many tourists does this attract?
Phuket Airport director hails anti-cheat measures a success -
I am still waiting to see the changes...
no illegal taxi drivers
no running the gauntlet
Ex-priminister @ Simon Caberet to see where tourism went wrong
I thought Simon's was making money?
Unable to find the Foreign Tour guides....
where are they looking?
Foreign person passes counterfeit notes
be careful of the tourist then?
Big Buddha constructions are okay - will not be pulled down
this property has the potential to be beautiful BUT...
Simon Star Cabaret - Ukraine dancers
these women looked good who did their op?
No sale of alcohol in Patong because of election costs 5 million a night
They must make a lot of money in Patong - is this only alcohol?
Patong 'safety zones'?
and outside these areas?
do all police have iPhones and images streamed?
Phuket people are pessimistic about 'safety zones'.
Are you surprised?
Counterfeit luggage seized at the airport
empty and nobody picked up the empty suitcases?
British tourist, 47, drowns at Patong Beach
PHUKET: An English tourist who ignored warnings by lifeguards at Patong Beach yesterday became the latest monsoon-season drowning victim in Phuket....
Click here (or on the link below) for the full story:
http://www.phuketgazette.net/archives/articles/2012/article16506.html
Click here (or on the link below) for the full story:
http://www.phuketgazette.net/archives/articles/2012/article16506.html
but this link no longer works?
Hope that this does make an impact - thanks John Gray.
Lee Aldhouse's extradition is on hold
because?
B600K Medical bill after road accident
but the insurance says NO PAY...
Safety measures for foreign visitors to be stepped up
where to start?
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