Talk:Phi Phi Islands

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Comment pulled from main page

I cut the following comment inserted by IP address 165.21.154.11 from the main page and am pasting it here. Oska 23:03, Dec 28, 2004 (UTC)

There are no structures on Phi Phi Ley, which is where the movie The Beach was filmed, so it is wrong to suggest that environmental damage done during this filming contributed to the level of damage suffered during the tsunami. The bay in Phi Phi Ley is surrounded on around 300 degrees and would have been one of the safest places during the Tsunami.

All the structures are on Phi Phi Don which is the neighbouring island. The most developed part is an area called Tongsai Bay which is very low lying and surrounded by two bays on either side - any sort of a large wave would have simply swept over the island at this point from on side to the other carrying whatever was in its path off the island.

Map of islands

For this page, please translate this image of the island maps: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afbeelding:Phi_Phi_eilanden.png

A large number of edits

I have updated a small amount of information about the island's history (and altered the spelling of 'Phi Phi Ley' to 'Leh', which is the normal transliteration I observed in Thailand - I have never seen the 'Ley' spelling).

I lived and volunteered on Phi Phi for the months of May and June 2005, and returned late July for a week. During that time I did a large amount of research on the effects of the tsunami, and the post-tsunami reconstruction efforts, for the island's tsunami museum.

The information I have added to the tsunami section is derived from eye-witness accounts from natives of Phi Phi, and the information about reconstruction is derived from sources on the island, as well as publically available materials.

I have attempted to be as objective as possible.

Wikipedia:No original research. This is a problem. Can you bring external verifiable sources? Cumulus (talk) 11:34, 11 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Why the post-tsunami information removal?

Dear 128.122.72.151

Please could you explain why you removed information about the reconstruction of the island following the tsunami?

It's pretty damn relevant, because without it the island would still be a no-go area.

When you make a big change, please can you explain what you're up to.

jim

Tourist Deaths

There is still an investigation going on about the mysterious deaths on the island, in the Laleena property in particular. I found information pointing out that there are up to 8 reported deaths, but onyl found references to four of them - which are still a lot of mysterious tourist deaths (and identical coverup attempts)in the same area in a short amount of time. This is serious enough to deserve a separate article, however i don't have enough sources to do it without it being original research. Maybe people from Thailand, Norway and Kuwait can help provide references to local sources, as i don't speak any of those languages. 77.49.207.84 (talk) 23:19, 23 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I removed this content as none of the cited references were from a reliable source. Such serious allegations absolutely have to be properly cited, i.e. not from a forum, etc. Dancarney (talk) 14:51, 18 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Photos and page structure

This page hase become unpleasing to the eye. It has been edited so many times that the structure needs to be reworked.. WPPilot (talk) 04:33, 8 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ko vs. Koh

Since the linked Wiki articles are Ko Phi Phi Don, et. al., the consensus seems to be to use the "Ko" spelling rather than "Koh". In particular, the following Wikipedia style guidelines and conventions apply: WP:PLACE, WP:ENGVAR (in particular, Internal Consistency), and WP:RETAIN. Amit ► 12:48, 30 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Out of interest. The biggest search term for Phi Phi is Phi Phi Island. Source; phi-phi.com Google Analytics with a website of up to 90,000 hits a month. Next comes Koh and finally Ko.TopRussell (talk) 16:41, 21 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Gallery

The Khao Panyee (Panyee Island) island image Image:Muslim floating village in Phi Phi.jpg is not of ko Phi Phi and I would suggest it is removed. Khao Panyee (Panyee Island) is about 50 miles to the north at about 8.268794,98.481932.

Source. Myself. I lived on Koh Phi Phi 7.739331,98.771839 for 6 years creating kayak tours etc. The Khao Panyee (Panyee Island) is different to Ko phi Phi as it is in a river estuary area as opposed to a sea with coral. I can add to your image selection with originals as I have about 5 thousand images spanning 17 years. TopRussell (talk) 16:38, 21 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Cause and Effect of Tourism/Film

Re: "The film's release was attributed to an increase in tourism to the islands."

That seems strange to me. I would have thought that the increase in tourism was attributed to the film's release. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.57.72.68 (talk) 00:18, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Media/contact

Is there a source that confirms that there is DSL or lease data lines on the island?