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The islands in Thailand’s Tarutao National Park were for centuries famous as a pirate base that made sea travel in the area dangerous.
Later they were given by the Thai government to local Sea Gypsies, or Chao Leh people who have roamed the islands for centuries harvesting fish, shellfish, coconuts and plants.
It hosts one of Asia leading yachting regattas, a leading international bicycle race and was chosen by Four Seasons Hotels as the perfect Asian destination for their latest hotel and sap which opened here recently to international acclaim..
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E-mail this photo View full size photo Visit the album this photo belongs to Check out the slide show Download photo Bookmark photo Publish photo Sea Gypsy village Bookmark this member Invite this member to be a friend Share on Facebook A Muslim fishing village on Panyi Island (Ko Panyi), Phang Nga Bay, Andaman Sea, Thailand..
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Pirate Adventures on the Sea Gypsy has daily excursions from Hyannis and Orleans.
As the Sea Gypsy arrives, its passengers are all down on the deck pretending to be dead, sick or injured in battle.
When the treasure is found and pulled up from the sea the kids are invited to share the bootie each is allowed one handful of treasure: rings, trinkets, magnifying glasses and other novelty items; a most exciting even for the kids.
Captain Fatty Goodlander-the Salt Stained Sea Gypsy
A search on the net revealed that the e-mail, which I received, was from the wife of one of the most outrageous marine journalists in the world! His name is Captain Fatty Goodlander.
Mani (VU2ITI) promptly went to search for the sailboat but his first attempt failed.
Earlier I documented it like this: "As a young radio enthusiast I found it a thrilling experience to explore the short wave bands in search of voices from such exotic places and in fact the image of a lonely man traveling on the high sea and talking to a person in a distant land made me so obsessive that, that might be one of the reasons I became a ham radio operator"
..(Scanning the World with Amateur Radio, 1992 ) .
Now that I have another reason to revere him from being our own fraternity and also as an author of a book which I liked very much ! When I told him that I shall purchase one of his books from amazon.com, he promptly gifted me a copy of his book "Chasing the Horizon: The life and times of a modern sea gypsy".
They sailed and sailed until they reached the sea and that Fatty (Tim-as his mother-in-law fondly calls him) is now circumnavigating the Earth! It also tells how he could attend a school when he was 10 years of age! And then left it for good probably studying for only 5 years....He found that the school was full of religious & dogmatically patriotic people-a very good reason for him to develop a hatred towards it and then leaving it for good (According to Cap'n Fatty, it was just one of his misguided endeavours which he hopes would never see the light of the day!) All these are just amazing.