Every 11th job in the world depends on tourism. Most holiday makers stay within their own region. Only every 5th travels abroad. In china too, more and more people have been bitten by the travel bug last year, it was 137 million. A particularly popular destination is thailand. Almost 9 million chinese went there in 2016. This is what rush hour in paradise can look like. At ten in the morning, the first speedboats from phuket arrive, brimming with chinese tourists. This beach was once a jewel empty and prisistine. But that time is long gone. Jarereed takuathung seems to e the only one tasked with tempering tourists activities here. He is the head ranger of maya bay. But his task is not easy. There are some areas here that should be offlimits, to protect nature. But the chinese just go right in. I then tell them, hey, dont do that. but they cant understand me. Sometimes they just laugh at me, as if i had told a joke. Maya bay is part of Ko Phi Phi Leh. The islaland used to be consided th
Ive never done this before in my life. Im not here to judge man. The bible says i am not to judge. But i do hope that you think before you vote with all the goodness within you. Dont just because some people will say, well, yeah, but what happened a couple of years ago . Yes, youre right. A couple of years ago our country was truly shaken. And a man was put at the head of it named gerald ford. I really believe in his heart oh, hes made some mistakes, honey. You Better Believe he has. I wouldnt sit here and even try to tell you he didnt. But ill tell you what. If a man is trying and a man has more than dreams, he has something called get up and go and truth, most of all he has something i like very much in every human being, simplicity and honesty, because i really believe hes an honest man. Thats why i like gerald ford. And thats why i hope, i dont know, please think about it. Its so important. It really is. Thats a real lady. She gives you a lump in your throat. Shes talking about my
The sounds of metal crashing. How could anybody survive Something Like this . I had no way to escape, and i knew i was facing death. This is not how you die, youre going to survive this. I survived. I survived. I survived. I survived the 2004 tsunami in thailand. It has changed my life forever. Reporter it rose from the depths of the sea, that monstrous tsunami that literally tore around the globe erasing cities and swallowing coastlines. Im josh elliott and welcome to this dateline special. The images from that hellish day are seared in our collective memory. The 2004 indian ocean tsunami was one of the worst natural disasters in modern history, killing an estimated 230,000 people in 14 countries. Youre about to hear from those trapped, as that tsunami struck the beaches of thailand. How they survived, its impact and then its aftermath, how they escaped. It was the day after christmas. The day that disaster struck paradise. Back in 2004, married happily with my wife, vivienne and my t
The sounds of metal crashing. How could anybody survive Something Like this . I had no way to escape, and i knew i was facing death. This is not how you die, youre going to survive this. I survived. I survived. I survived. I survived the 2004 tsunami in thailand. It has changed my life forever. Reporter it rose from the depths of the sea, that monstrous tsunami that literally tore around the globe erasing cities and swallowing coastlines. Im josh elliott and welcome to this dateline special. The images from that hellish day are seared in our collective memory. The 2004 indian ocean tsunami was one of the worst natural disasters in modern history, killing an estimated 230,000 people in 14 countries. Youre about to hear from those trapped, as that tsunami struck the beaches of thailand. How they survived, its impact and then its aftermath, how they escaped. It was the day after christmas. The day that disaster struck paradise. Back in 2004, married happily with my wife, vivienne and my t
The sounds of metal crashing. How could anybody survive Something Like this . I had no way to escape, and i knew i was facing death. This is not how you die, youre going to survive this. I survived. I survived. I survived. I survived the 2004 tsunami in thailand. It has changed my life forever. Reporter it rose from the depths of the sea, that monstrous tsunami that literally tore around the globe erasing cities and swallowing coastlines. Im josh elliott and welcome to this dateline special. The images from that hellish day are seared in our collective memory. The 2004 indian ocean tsunami was one of the worst natural disasters in modern history, killing an estimated 230,000 people in 14 countries. Youre about to hear from those trapped, as that tsunami struck the beaches of thailand. How they survived, its impact and then its aftermath, how they escaped. It was the day after christmas. The day that disaster struck paradise. Back in 2004, married happily with my wife, vivienne and my t