Moving to a Desert Island

gbh

I am thinking of giving up on the rustle and bustle and moving to a desert island somewhere probably in the South Pacific that I can call my own...

wondering has anyone else thought seriously about this...

I probably wouldn't last longer than a year but that would do me...just to see how long I could last and if it could be done...

DaBreno

Bit drastic isnt it? Would you consider Inish Mor? Far from cilivisation and the naitves speak a strange language....

Ruu_Old

You would have to probably compete with the tribes already there years before you. That said you would probably die a slow death over a spit with people chanting around you, on the other hand you might end up on an island of delish babes and they would make you their god!









*ive been watching too much tv*

Daelus

I think living on an island would be pretty cool. Not too sure about the 'desert' part, though..

But they are for sale. :eek:

I have given it thought.

cormie

I'm probably going to do this at some stage of my life too:)

I know of a guy who went to Thailand and asked a local fisherman to take him out to an island, he had a very high value currency note with him, tore it in two and gave half to the fisherman and told him he would give him the other half when he came back to collect him in a month. He had to make his own hut and everything, would be a great challenge!

Good luck!

I'll probably buy a little Island along with my Lamborghini Murcielago DP640 too when I get a few bob:p

Diarmsquid

cormie wrote:

I know of a guy who went to Thailand and asked a local fisherman to take him out to an island, he had a very high value currency note with him, tore it in two and gave half to the fisherman and told him he would give him the other half when he came back to collect him in a month. He had to make his own hut and everything, would be a great challenge!

Cool! I would love to do that, but not on my own. The lonliness would get to me.

Ruu_Old

Diarmsquid wrote:

Cool! I would love to do that, but not on my own. The lonliness would get to me.

Yeah and you could end up like Leonardo Di Caprio on the Beach!:eek:

Pherekydes

gbh wrote:

I am thinking of giving up on the rustle and bustle and moving to a desert island somewhere probably in the South Pacific that I can call my own...

I hear they eat people, especially westerners (more meat), in the Solomon Is.

Clare gunner

Not as easy as it seems.You need to find an uninhabitable island that is not under control or juristiction of any country or group of countries.The reason the uninhabitable islands are not under any countries control is because they are incapable of sustaining life.IE no consistent water supply,or arable soil.However with improvements in solar power,desalination and hydroponics,you could possibly do it.You will need mega bucks though to set up this gear and getting it out there.
Setting up a country of your own is mega difficult.The only sucessful one ever done without a riot or rebellion is a country called Sealand.For want of a better word it is an old WW2 gun platform in the Thames estuary that some folks took over in the 70s and declared a kingdom.After much conflict with the uk,including several armed standoffs,it was recognised as a state by the UN.Sealand now makes its main income by providing net host servers and some banking facilities.Trouble is as well the UN will not recognise anymore of these newly formed countries,and proably no doubt once you set it up,somone will want it for nuke bomb testing,NBC experiments,Club 18/40 new paradise holiday location,or for filming new episodes of Lost.

Diarmsquid

Clare gunner wrote:

and proably no doubt once you set it up,somone will want it for nuke bomb testing,NBC experiments,Club 18/40 new paradise holiday location,or for filming new episodes of Lost.

So it's an investment.

Ruu wrote:

Yeah and you could end up like Leonardo Di Caprio on the Beach!:eek:

Oh god no!
I'm far better looking than him.:)

vector

gbh wrote:

...moving to a desert island somewhere probably in the South Pacific that I can call my own...

I hear what you are saying but such islands are not terra nullius these days, you would need permission from the controlling party (eg government) even if it was owned by nauru you'd need a few (thousand) USD to grease some palms

jimmycrackcorm

I'm gonna wait until NTL cables the south pacific for broadband....

Banphrionsa

Wilson !!

Faith

I've been watching too much Lost recently and dreaming of taking off to a desert island... not necessarily a deserted one though, maybe just with a small population. Twould be great. Sigh.

ether

Great idea, i think we all need a good kick up the backside and sent back to basics. We've lost our survival techniques, become consumers.

Esel

gbh wrote:

I am thinking of giving up on the rustle and bustle and moving to a desert island somewhere probably in the South Pacific that I can call my own...

wondering has anyone else thought seriously about this...

I probably wouldn't last longer than a year but that would do me...just to see how long I could last and if it could be done...

Do you need a sub to help you on your way?

@cormie: I would subscribe to your fund also. Half the note is here waiting for you. You get the other half if you don't come back.

Agamemnon

Don't do it, it's too dangerous!
Here's a shameless plug for the Lost forum:

DEmeant0r

don't you guys realise you're already on an island? :rolleyes:

but no, deserted islands are not for me