Long-tail boats line up along the shore off Koh Samui in Thailand in August 2023. (Kate Henry/News24)
A group of 80 pensioners from the Western Cape, Gauteng and Northern Cape claim to have been “cruelly deceived” out of a trip of a lifetime by a Strand travel agent.The group, mostly retired teachers, were enticed by an advertisement circulating on Facebook and WhatsApp, promising a well-organised, guided tour to exotic destinations, including Phuket, Pattaya and…