Can You Motorboat from Gulf to West Coast?

[daveAustin]

In Hangover 2, they went from Bangkok to Phuket by boat in no time!

It was Samui.

[Jay Sata]

Pretty soon...they are just putting on the finishing touches...

nah, there's no way water can run in two different directions in Thailand

Thais could never get a finish like that.

The concrete would be everywhere including in the managers new house.

[mikecwm]

Well, perhaps you can.

Check out this venture by Tristan Jones (RIP):

http://www.amazon.com/To-Venture-Further-Tristan-Jones/dp/157409064X

To Venture Further Paperback – September, 1999

by Tristan Jones (Author)

In To Venture Further, Tristan Jones tackles the infamous Kra Peninsula which divides the Andaman Sea from the Gulf of Thailand. Accompanied by his German mate, Thomas, and three disabled Thai youths, he makes his way through this short but exceedingly difficult passage in a small seagoing fishing boat.

Tristan and his crew take on floating debris and homemade dams that block their passage. They encounter colorful locals, including a raucous band of teenage monks. Because of a late monsoon season, Tristan is forced to navigate a dry riverbed, where he is towed by southern Thailand's only working elephant. They face mechanical failure and Tristan's funds run precariously low, yet somehow they survive all the incredible obstacles.

A memorable exploit of a master storyteller, To Venture Further is an inspiring story that reveals the awesome courage of a man willing to sacrifice all comforts for the unknown and the seemingly impossible.

One of the very few people to push / drag / motor a boat across Thailand. I have all 16 of his books (probably all stretched the truth beyond recognition) - and a son named after him. What a fantastic story teller.

2 of his perennial problems were a shortage of money and tooth ache. I doubt he ever went to see a dentist, once out of the RN, except in great pain. He died in Phuket in 1995, severely lacking legs at the time. The loss of his first one hardly slowed him down.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-tristan-jones-1588558.html

Edited March 1, 2015 by mikecwm