Skinny dipping Russian tourist pulled from sea in Thailand

A naked Russian tourist was pulled from the sea after floating all night while trying to swim from the Thai coast to a nearby island.

The male backpacker, not named in local reports, stripped off to go skinny dipping at a beach in 'Sin City' Pattaya in the early hours of December 8. He became carried away and tried to swim to Koh Larn island some eight miles (12 kilometres) away but his stamina faltered, leaving him stranded at sea.