Fiji Siren - Lost at Sea

[Wookie]

Huh? Sometimes I go 24 hours on land......

As do I, and longer. Point is, you will be dehydrated. There just isn't enough emergency water to keep you hydrated. If you start bound up, you will never unbind.

 

[John Bantin]

Huh? Sometimes I go 24 hours on land......

... and you probably stay properly hydrated.

 

[chillyinCanada]

My chances are not good. Thanks for sharing

 

[mmmbelows]

Although this is somehow overlooked in all the tourist brochures, in much of the Third World the locals are insanely jealous and hateful towards the 'rich' tourists, and this raw hatred/contempt is barely contained beneath the surface, all it takes is a momentary breakdown of law-and-order to release the savages with blood lust in their eyes......tourists are nothing to them but a paycheck, there is no love lost here whatsoever. You see into their souls, what the 'locals' REALLY think of us (rich tourists) once the paper thin veneer of civilization is, even momentarily, stripped away!

Maybe not 'most' of the locals in 3rd world countries are insanely jealous and hateful towards the rich tourists, but certainly some are, and definitely a greater number than apparently based on the naive reactions from some here toward what you said who think just because somebody you're paying smiles at you means they really, really do like you. And it's not just 3rd world countries there are plenty this way in developed countries who feel the same way. Anyone who has ever worked or has friends in the service/tourist industries in foreign countries can certainly verify what you're talking about, disgruntled employees openly talk about exactly what you're referring to. For those who so vehemently disagree with you, they should remember that the looting and attack did really happen to the Odyssey in Micronesia, unless they want to dispute the people who actually lived through it.

 

[scubafanatic]

Maybe not 'most' of the locals in 3rd world countries are insanely jealous and hateful towards the rich tourists, but certainly some are, and definitely a greater number than apparently based on the naive reactions from some here toward what you said who think just because somebody you're paying smiles at you means they really, really do like you. And it's not just 3rd world countries there are plenty this way in developed countries who feel the same way. Anyone who has ever worked or has friends in the service/tourist industries in foreign countries can certainly verify what you're talking about, disgruntled employees openly talk about exactly what you're referring to. For those who so vehemently disagree with you, they should remember that the looting and attack did really happen to the Odyssey in Micronesia, unless they want to dispute the people who actually lived through it.

Thankfully as least someone 'gets it'. Mostly it's 'rent-a-smile' and you're just another business transaction. The deniers of what happened to Odyssey, of what those cute little islanders actually did, was a revelation to all those 1st-world folks who live in their overly insulated PC-correct la-la-land of mythic fantasy.

I'm scared to even imagine what will happen when these same folks discover Gilligan's Island wasn't exactly a documentary!

 

[mmmbelows]

Again, not 'mostly' but for sure it's some. People in foreign countries don't have any monopoly on jealousy, racism or stereotyping. If right here In America there is no shortage of people who don't like their fellow citizens based on their economic status it's not really that hard to understand that it exists in foreign countries too. Most tourists in a weeks contact with those who serve them will never pierce their facades and get to know their true hearts, if for nothing else the fact that in poor countries with 20%-30% unemployment those lucky enough to be employed in the tourist industry will avoid at all costs any words or actions that might even minutely risk their jobs. Employers in poor countries are notorious for harsh treatment of their employees knowing they hold tremendous power over them through employment. Every employee knows very well that rule number one is not to do anything to risk the revenue stream of tourists to their employers business, that's the ultimate sin and will result in guaranteed loss of their jobs and putting their families at risk.

If you want a glimpse at reality, next time get out of the tourist zone and walk the streets, watch closely and note how the locals treat each other in shops and restaurants, it isn't hard to notice a big difference, that difference is the real way those in the tourist industry act when they aren't at their jobs serving westerners. Missing are those big smiles and happy go lucky attitude toward the waiter to locals in a restaurant, watch carefully then compare notes to those who you come in contact at your resort. Those differences aren't just because the resort has just managed to hire 'happy' people out of the population, that difference you will see is difference between the reality of the society you are in and the facade the tourist industry presents to you.

 

[Scott from LongIsland]

Oh, is that how it works? get out of the tourist zone? ****, i have been missing out all of these years! thanks for splaining!

 

[admikar]

Regarding "locals jealousy", no need to go to 3rd world countries. Venice in Italy, or most of Croatia is the same. Germany, France, Switzerland..... Of course they won't loot you, but do not think they love you. And this is from personal experience

 

[BoltSnap]

If I didn't live most of my life in the US and been around there and know that there are certain sections of some cities and locales where more affluent "WHITE" people won't even think of walking there without getting mugged, rapped or even killed there, I'd have believed this most bigoted, self-centered crap mentioned here. Typical self-centered ugly American superiority complexes. And of course, riots, mass killings, mayhem, robberies, looting, gross violence and general anarchy don't take place in the US when natural disaster or civil unrest happen in the US. No sir, it certainly doesn't happen in the US at all.

 

[Saboteur]

[QUOTE="John Bantin, post: 8152630, member: 47634 Did you know, for example, that if you are in a liferaft, it is essential to pass a stool within the first 24 hours if you are to survive?[/QUOTE]
As Johnny Carson would say... "I DID NOT know that!"