A vacationer seen strolling alongside the streets of Bali lined head to toe in bandages after falling off a motorcycle had been on an action-packed journey round Asia on the time.
James Marsland, a marine engineer, had been driving within the Indonesian vacation hotspot when his telephone fell out of his pocket.
He instinctively reached all the way down to seize it, misplaced management of the bike and crashed onto the asphalt.
A video of Mr Marsland strolling alongside the streets of Canggu went viral final week, displaying the younger man with bandages protecting his ft, knees, arms and face.
The proprietor of the Instagram account that shared the video mentioned he’d spoken to Mr Marsland who managed to keep away from any severe accidents.
James Marsland was photographed in Canggu sporting a number of bandages
‘He was going sluggish and was sporting a helmet, when you go on a motorbike the hazard proportion is greater it doesn’t matter what,’ they mentioned.
‘It was an accident. Nothing harmful or silly, he simply went straight to the asphalt.
‘Maybe it is a humorous technique to remind folks how harmful driving a motorbike could be and to all the time be very, very cautious with eyes on the road.’
Mr Marsland, understood to be from the UK, had been posting snaps from an adventure-packed vacation round Asia within the lead as much as the accident.
In Might he travelled to Thailand and accomplished a complicated scuba diving course.
He shared a number of pictures from the expertise together with underwater pictures of himself with fellow divers.
Mr Marsland had been having fun with an action-packed vacation round Asia earlier than his bike accident
Mr Marsland is known to be from the UK and has been travelling round Asia together with visiting Thailand and the Maldives
He additionally shared pictures from the night time markets and island-hopping across the nation.
Mr Marsland had additionally loved time within the Maldives in March the place he snorkelled with nurse sharks and wakeboarded.
When footage of the Brit lined in bandages first circulated, many joked Mr Marsland regarded like a ‘mummy’.
‘Bali kiss next-level. The mum. Fortunately, nonetheless in a single piece. Unbelievable!’ one commented.
‘Bali kiss’ is the time period given when a vacationer falls off their scooter or bike on the vacation island.
‘Should you’ve been to Bali, that is humorous, since you see a bunch of white folks with bandages throughout and you recognize it is from scooter accidents,’ one commented.
In Might he travelled to Thailand and accomplished a complicated scuba diving course
One other quipped: ‘That is greater than a kiss, that is a minimum of second base.’
‘Suppose he was truly on his technique to audition for the brand new Mummy film,’ one mentioned.
Mr Marsland was seen strolling gingerly by means of the streets following the accident.
His arms had been fully lined in bandages whereas he additionally suffered accidents to his chin, nostril and left eyebrow.
His palms and fingers had been additionally bandaged.
The poster of the video mentioned he had been in contact with the vacationer and defined that he was not being reckless on his scooter – his telephone fell from the bike and when he instinctively went to get it, he crashed
