Maya Bay - Ko Pee Pee Lae - click to go to next image
photo by Thomas Gramanitsch - 2/1999
There are no naturally growing coconut-trees at Maya Bay.
The palmtrees on this picture where planted specially for the movie THE BEACH which was shot on this location in January/February 1999. Because of Ko Pee Pee Lae is part of a marine national park this cultivated plants where removed after finishing the shootings and the former vegetation was reestablished.
Strong winds and extraordinary high waves in the rainy season 1999/2000 caused damage on some parts of the sandy slopes of this beach.
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created : 17.12.2000 - updated : 19.1.2001 - minor changes : 25.1.2022 - (c) Th.Gramanitsch