Wildlife cruise in world s largest mangrove forest, the Sundarbans, both awes and stimulates awareness of the area s fragility msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The world’s worst cruise? Sailing from Singapore to Thailand complete with monkey attacks, sexism and even a punch-up Spirits aboard the ship were dampened by more than rain. Photo: Shutterstock
The skies are a bleak shade of grey above the island of Koh Adang, in Thailand s magnificent Tarutao National Marine Park. The usually luminous green Andaman Sea has dimmed to the colour of moss. Soaked in drizzle we sit under palm trees with towels wrapped around us, watching feral monkeys prowl through the prehistoric landscape.
We were warned not to bring any food or drink to the island as it might encourage the monkeys to attack - macaques are the hooligans of the animal world - but one German woman must have missed the memo. No sooner has the ring pull popped from her can of cola than a marauder splits off from the troop and starts sprinting along the shore towards her. In a blink, it s running up her body tearing at flesh as it snatches the can from her hand. Everyone on the beac