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Wow that’s terrible to die in a vacation. Do they get warnings and ignore them ?
I'd rather end it on an fun adventure than like many suffering in hospitals and nursing homes. I'd hate to ruin the vacation for others around me tho, and too - so many don't bother with trip insurance that would cover returning remains home, leaving it to family & friends to come up with the funds or for the local government to deal with the body - like the honeymooners mentioned in the second link. I always take trip insurance when I leave the US, even tho my DAN dive insurance will also take care of return of remains. I plan to be cremated anyway, but have left instructions to do an autopsy at home first to get to the truth that might have been hidden. Most families like the remains of loved ones returned.
I don't know, I've never been there, but most of the drownings were elderly tourists, perhaps pushing their limits. I wear a snorkel vest swimming or riding on dive boats, in fact you can see it on my profile photo currently, and try to encourage my adult children and their kids to do the same as well as remain proficient in using them. As for the honeymooners, the young fellow had a heart attack, and his bride drowned trying to save him. It's sad that so many see snorkel vests as sissy props. Filipino couple died of cardiac arrest, drowning in Maldives, autopsy report bares | Philstar.com
