Turtle Release on Turtle Beach for World Ocean Day! A Special Episode

A special episode of "Beachcombing on Turtle Beach" introducing the audience to the celebration of World Ocean Day that took place at the Wittayalai Acheep (Career College) on Turtle Beach on June 7, 2024. Special Guest (who had his photo taken with His Honor the Governor of Phang Nga) was Bob IV (A New Hope), a sea turtle of undefined species who is encrusted with discarded cigarette lighters and water bottle lids plucked from the sands of Turtle Beach. Bob travelled to the event courtesy of Khun Chamnan's samlaw. Khun Chamnan is either confused or amused by everything I do.

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FAQ:

1) "What's the name of that theme song?" It's called "Whatever," performed by Trevor Fisher and The Special Ones.

2) "Why are there so many lighters on the beach?" Ninety percent of the plastic trash in the oceans comes from city streets. A dog knocks over a trash can, the trash goes in the gutter, the gutter goes to a sewer, the sewer goes to a river, the river goes to the sea. The sea grinds most of it up into microparticles, but lighters are made to hold compressed gas; they are enormously strong and durable. They'll float around for years and never even lose their bright colors. Most of the lighters I find were probably used by street food vendors in Yangon to light their charcoal braziers.

3) "Aren't you afraid of tsunamis?" There has never been a tsunami on Turtle Beach and there never will be one. Tsunamis are only dangerous in shallow water; it's very, very deep right offshore here. That's one reason the turtles like it here.

4) "What if Turtle Beach becomes overdeveloped?" Very little chance of that, and if it happens it will because they finally build the international airport in Phang Nga. But even then, the geology of the place is against development. Even if they someday revoke the protected status of the national park, it will still be too deep to anchor a boat here, so no yachts, no speed boats, no long-tail boats. No jet skis or parasailing. Also, we are not in a bay, protected by headlands, like any tourist beach you can name. Six months out of every year the wind comes off the sea like a freight train. In two years I've paid twice to have my front doors repaired; they were literally blown off their hinges.

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