Bruce In Bangkok wrote in
:

I've sailed in this area for ten years and my experiences with the
local fishermen and people living on the islands has been that they
are pretty nice people. The time I ran into a coral reef and went
aground the local fishermen came out and helped and when we finally
got off I offered to pay them and they refused to take anything. My
own feeling is that was an isolated incident.



Thank you. That's a thousand times more than I can find about it. Much
appreciated. The fishermen are blameless, except for the illegal
immigration. Half my neighborhood are illegal immigrants, now.