Army Already On Koh Phayam Island, Ranong

[nasa123]

The Army start to clean up Phayam, I waiting fore this fore looooong time, it`s about 98% illegal building on this Island, so now I very happy. I have some Farang friends married whit Thai, they balding a Hotel and us about 20 Million Bath, they lose every thing and i am happy, I tell them this it`s very Illegal but they give sh.. about that. And take the Community Office it`s only a BIG Corruption place. On this island is a very special bird only on this island, and this is a National Park with severe restrictions. VERY HAPPY TO DAY.

[lemonjelly]

Glad to see you're happy about a farang being bad and losing lots of money, but you don't mention the fact that it's Thai people who are doing 99% of illegal building..... try looking up "xenophobia" in the dictionary.


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[nasa123]

lemonjelly@

 

I wright (And take the Community Office it`s only a BIG Corruption place) Every Hotel ++ most pay money every mount, I tell my friends don`t do it  it`s illegal but they building and now they lose every thing.

I don`t feel sorry fore them.

The Army want to check every building on Ko Phayam Island, fore me very nice.

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[Jai Dee]

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[Bulldozer Dawn]

Shame that the OP has English as a second language, but what he posts is very true.

 

Koh Phayam has been totally destroyed in just a few short years.

 

I first went to KP about 10 years ago.  It was paradise.  Like Koh Phi Phi Lay was 30 years ago.

 

It was easy to spot the giant black and white horn bills as they hopped and flew across the rainforest canopy.

 

Most visitors arrived by the timber ferry that was just 150THB.  A pleasant two hour ride out from Ranong with a vista of Burma on the right and the mountains and waterfalls behind Ranong on the left.

 

Then the army cleared the beaches in Phuket.  The displaced mafia element moved to KP.  First thing they started to do was fence off land so that you couldn't get access to the beach unless you paid (sound familiar?).  Then came the illegal buildings.  And then speed boats out to the island filled with Chinese hoards.

 

I went last year and will never go back.  The rainforest where the horn bills once lived has been clear felled and the land thereunder fenced off so one must pay to walk to the beach.  The vibe on the island has change from warm and bucolic locals to Patong style scam and hustle.  The sounds of the jungle have been replaced by the scream of chain saws.

 

The secondary dune forests at both Ao Yai and Ao Kwai have been clear felled.  Every inch of the internal concrete roadways has been sided by new massage parlors and restaurants.

 

Koh Phayam is a quintessential example of the destruction of a unique natural resource by Thai greed and corruption.

[taninthai]

Yep also went 10 years ago and stayed for 6 months,great vibe....went back 2 years ago and could see the greed and hunger for money took over ,some one had also built a monstrous concrete hotel on ao yai beach:(

[mcfish]

Yes! The army is freaking amazing. They have done more in a few years than the thieving democratically elected governments have done in the last 100,that's an undeniable fact!

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[Bulldozer Dawn]

Just now, mcfish said:

Yes! The army is freaking amazing. They have done more in a few years than the thieving democratically elected governments have done in the last 100,that's an undeniable fact!

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Yes, the Army will need to be truly amazing, in fact god like, to immediately replace clear felled old growth rainforest trees that were the last remaining habitat for the critically endangered KP hornbills.

 

Too little, and way too late.