Thai Desert Islands Incl those where you risk life & limb

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Thai Desert Islands Incl those where you risk life & limb

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Have you ever wanted to be alone on your own Desert Island?

 

Thai Desert Islands Incl those where you risk life & limb

 

Thailand has hundreds of islands both in the Gulf of Thailand and in the Andaman Sea. In the not too distant past most of these islands were uninhabited, unfortunately many have now been developed for mass tourism.

 

Yet if you know your way around there are, still some where you can simply pitch up and spend some quality time alone, on your very own bit of paradise. But be aware there are other uninhabited islands, where if you try to land……..could mean you losing your liberty or worse your life.

 

 

Some of the island groups in Thailand come in clusters of numerous individual islands and islets:

 

Phang Nga Bay has a group of 67 islands

 

Mu Ko Chang National Park has 52 the biggest being Koh Chang

 

While Tarutao National Marine Park has 51

 

The smaller Mu Ko Similan National Park has only 11, of which 3 are closed for public due for turtle hatching protection program and reef conservation efforts. (One of which; Ko Payan, a.k.a. Ko Pa Yan belongs to a Thai princess).

 

In Thai, the names of islands are usually preceded with the word ko (เกาะ), the Thai word for island. This word is often alternately romanized as koh, go or goh. See our post Saving Thailand’s Diversity

 

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-- © Copyright Inspire Pattaya 2017-12-24

[Peterw42]

Someone should write a book/movie about some backpackers setting up on one of these islands.

[canuckamuck]

I would expect that a primary feature of a desert island would be a desert. Don't think Thailand has any of those.

[NCC1701A]

A deserted island or uninhabited island is an island that is not permanently populated by humans. Uninhabited islands are often used in movies or stories about shipwrecked people, and are also used as stereotypes for the idea of "paradise".

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_island

[canuckamuck]

I thought of that just after I posted. But you confirmed it thanks.

I would prefer to be stranded on a desserted island though. 

[sklmeeera]

Desert islands have nothing to do with deserts .

[mikiea]

48 minutes ago, sklmeeera said:

Desert islands have nothing to do with deserts .

and for doing that ....".blurt out something stupid" ...you get the dumb as a box of rocks participation trophy  

[tifino]

well there is one deset-quandary, to deal with on such a 'desert' island...

 

What is surrounding you is about as useful (useless?) as a mirage... when you are dying of thirst

[Thingamabob]

Pathetic.

[EVENKEEL]

3 hours ago, sklmeeera said:

Desert islands have nothing to do with deserts .

I like coconut deserts and pastries.

[TMNH]

Trouble is that "desserts"  has a different spelling than the Sahara :)

[EVENKEEL]

18 minutes ago, TMNH said:

Trouble is that "desserts"  has a different spelling than the Sahara :)

They're no less tasty.

[jerojero]

Desert island? Or deserted island. Maybe you mean dessert island, yum yum.

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[sharktooth]

About 15 years ago I was on a boat half way from phangan to koh tao and we had to rescue two idiot farang in a canoe who were trying to find... and I quote “that island out of the movie ‘the beach’”

[tryasimight]

A man was stranded on a desert island for months.

One day he sees a beautiful woman in a wetsuit walking out of the water towards him.

'how long have you been here?' she asks.

'months and months' he replies.

'Do you smoke'

'Yes'

She reaches into he wetsuit and pulls out the finest cuban cigar lights it and gives it to him.

"do you drink?' she asks

"yes"

She reaches into her wetsuit and pulls out a wet bar. They both have a drink.

She starts to remove her wetsuit and asks "would you like to play around?'

The guy is ecstatic and says " don't tell me you have got a set of clubs in there as well!"

[SteveMack]

I,m just curious, Can you tell me in what way can you lose your liberty and possibly your life?

[thaibeachlovers]

On ‎12‎/‎24‎/‎2017 at 8:06 AM, Inspire said:

This word is often alternately romanized as >>>>, go or goh.

Has anyone on this forum ever seen Kho spelled that way. I never have. I'm not even going to bother reading the article as it'll either make me laugh sarcastically, or want to hit the author. Either way a waste of my time.

[thaibeachlovers]

On ‎12‎/‎25‎/‎2017 at 9:31 AM, SteveMack said:

I,m just curious, Can you tell me in what way can you lose your liberty and possibly your life?

The author probably thought "The Beach" was non fiction.