Anyone ever come across Colonies like in "The Beach"

[Reinhardt]

Not sure if this is the right forum for this, but...

Has anyone ever come across a coastal remote colony of non-indigenous people living self sufficiently anywhere in the world? Yachties or landlubbers?

By that, I mean a colony of off the grid people that have set up a community in the middle of nowhere, rather than a long-established colony (like Pitcairn Island).

Kind of like "The Beach".

[atoll]

lots of them in cornwall and wales.....forage from supermarket bins,live off food stamps,though they are indigenous to the uk mostly...............called travelers.
most live in mini vans or campers.

[El Pinguino]

Australia?

The 'first wave' boat people seem to fit your description.... but they are quite long established so maybe not what you seek....

I do know a community in Colombia but not on the coast...

[Canibul]

Sure. You never heard of the Bobos in Hawaii?

[HappyMdRSailor]

Originally Posted by atoll

lots of them in cornwall and wales.....forage from supermarket bins,live off food stamps,though they are indigenous to the uk mostly...............called travelers.
most live in mini vans or campers.

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

[shorebird]

The Gulf Islands around Vancouver were well known for numerous communes, many established by "hippy" types in the 60s. (the Greenpeace Foundation was founded in Vancouver by the same kind of people around the same time.) Most communes seem to have disappeared due to poverty and drug use, but there are still many areas of these same Islands housing groups of back-to-the-land folks, some of which farm oysters for a living. Lasquiti Island is well known locally for the residents stubborn refusal to allow electricity to the Island, fearing such amenities will ruin the off-grid lifestyle they value so much, but I'm not sure if any communes exist there.

[nigel1]

About 20 years ago, working in the Gulf of Thailand, and during a particularly nasty spell of the NE monsoon, we took shelter behind a small island called Ko Tao. Anchored on the lee side late at night, not a single light to be seen on the island.
Next morning, took a the boat ashore and landed on what appeared to be a uninhabited island.
Followed what looked like an old goat track up a steep hill, got to the top of the path, only to see a large sign post. "BAR 400 meters to your left".
Turned out there was a bar, and a dozen tourists. Not really self sufficient, twice a week a boat from Ko Samui or Surat Thani would arrive with fresh supplies of Singa and Mekhong.

[Canibul]

Some of those islands in the Gulf of Thailand and the South China Sea are home to various squatters. I was doing some clearance work around there, too, in the late 70's. Seems people dropped lots of things that go boom into the ocean from time to time.

[wellin]

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[SaltyMonkey]

I ran into some stranded english schoolboys on a pacific island once. They mostly went native.

[pistarckle]

Forty years ago , Benner Bay , St.Thomas , a tribe of indigenous sailors lived on boats in the mangroves , they were called , Lagoonies . Most worked in the charter boat jobs . No worries , no clothes , smoked ganja to keep the mosquitoes away . Beer to keep the scurvy away . Why oh why did we leave .

[Jimbo485]

At Chagos in the early 80s there were some naked French and Germans doing their thing, living ashore and surviving on fish and coconuts.

Seems to have changed a lot there since those days...