Ko Mai Phai

This guide to Ko Mai Phai, known to everyone as Bamboo Island, traces how a translator's error stuck so hard that a treeless island got named for a plant it never had. You'll hear about the casuarina trees actually growing here, the strict park rules that make lighting a cigarette a finable offense since 2017, and just how small the whole shoreline really is. Walk the tree line first, then wade in for a closer look at what's living in the shallows.