Tropical Beach Camping, Foraging & Spearfishing [3 Minute Video]

in adventure •  7 years ago  (edited)

On a paradise island with a speargun, a machete, and a drone.

I've done this beach camping trip four times now, and I always meant to make a video but just never got around to it. Part of the problem was that I never filmed enough. We spend almost the entire day working to get food out here, and the little free time we have we just want to explore and play. Plus the sand and the salt make bringing out the cameras and drone a nightmare. Being on Steemit has me feeling pretty inspired though, so I figured I'd give it a go. It's not my usual video style and it's my first time doing a voiceover like this. I hope you guys like it!

More info on spearfishing in Thailand -> https://spearfishingspot.com/spearfishing-thailand/
Speargun basics -> https://spearfishingspot.com/how-a-speargun-works/

Song: Inspired by Julian Avila - https://soundcloud.com/julian_avila/inspired

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This looks amazing. I like your choice of music in this video. I believe getting enough food to feed the whole group must be challenging. However, it looks delicious. Great job!

Guys, is it fair to vote at your own comment?

I did not steal the money, I invested it with my salary and earned it with my posts. I am sorry it looks the way it does.

I'm just curious how things work I've been here for a couple days.

  ·  7 years ago (edited)

To me it is not about 40 cents I make but I would like to have more Steemians noticing me and my blog. I want to share my work with wider public and this is one way of doing so while I admire others work.
Good luck on Steemit! You are lucky you are in, few of my friends who signed up are still not registered although they signed up few weeks ago.

Thank you!

self upvoting will always have that discussion im okay with that, maybe another hardfork will strengthen the community and rewarding upvoting others a bit better.

Love the video mate!!! You can't go wrong with spearfishing. I have to post some of my go pro dives!


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Nice! I follow you so I'll be looking for it. If you have a Mac you already have iMovie and it's really easy and intuitive. I've still never gotten footage shooting a fish. Somehow whenever I bring the GoPro the vis is shit.

Can you take those bugs year round in Florida?

This is so interesting, thanks for this good quality post

thank you

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Amazing shots! What's your equipment and what program do you use to edit your videos? Check out my blog and follow if you like as well :-)

Thanks. It's GoPro Hero 4 Black, iPhone 7 Plus, Canon 100d, DJI Mavic Pro, and there are a few shots from my friend's iPhone 6. Edited in Final Cut Pro X.

What a beautiful place. Passionate

Thank you for sharing

  ·  7 years ago Reveal Comment

Great post. I am a fan of brining the camera and drone to al our trips. Great way to show people great scenery. Check out some of my blogs about trips to the big island and some drone footage from Maui. Aloha and keep blogging

Sorry thought I replied earlier... Thanks a lot! Following you guys :)

Amazing Thailand does not go to the holidays, do not know. Thank you for sharing.

machete is a necessity

Way to go @dispatches! What a professional and amazing documentary of Thailand's beauty. I want to buy a drone and a proper underwater dslr casing. Both are expensive! I'm sure it will be a good investment though, perhaps when I earn more from steemit, hehe.

I'm gonna revisit this Thailand someday. You deserve all the upvotes!

Thanks :) This underwater footage is just from a GoPro but I want a proper housing too. The ones for my Lumix GH5 are over a grand but I have a Canon G7X and they make one for that for around $300. Going to pick one up in the States next month and step up my underwater game.

I'm going to scuba dive around here after rainy season and I definitely need a proper underwater camera.

But last year, when I was in South America, my laptop and action cam were stolen while I was sleeping on a night bus. Now I'm scared to buy expensive stuff as I kept losing them when I travel.

ohhh that sucks. I haven't been to South America in a long time. I just take it for granted now how safe most of SE Asia is.

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Sure, now you will know more ha! I tried to remain anonymous here, for now lol.

I'm not active on FB anymore, as I'm more into steemit now. ;)

Loved your video to share beautiful beach. Woow, that's very nice place to visit. How long you stayed there?

Thank you. We usually stay there 3-5 nights

Nice video!

Thanks

I loved the video and this idyllic place I would only say that this environment will be in balance as the impact of the tourists will be very limited and controlled.

Great adventure.. Maybe one day.. I will go there too.. May god save this place from bad people..

Hey been there Four times and its really a paradise the food,People,Beaches,Underwater,Sunset,TUk Tuk,Beer bars Espcially the Night life and guess what Got a Indian Bar on walking Street Named Tony plays indian music and i loving it but you have shown me the other side of it and you know will there and also explore more thanks

Thanks for sharing. I always wished about going there. Do You mind sharing how much the trip costo?

We were living on the island at the time so we had a lot of the supplies. Renting the truck was $30 per day. Other than that it was just food and drinks. Usually came out to about $50 per person, but a lot of that was for rum LOL

I'm going to Thailand in September! :) so excited! Got any tips?
And I've got some travel videos if you'd like to check them out :)
Australia and South Africa :) let me know what you think :)

Awesome to hear about your travel interest, there is alot to have eyes on while in south Africa, I wish you a good luck and see you around.

Some info on my travel site that might help http://itsbetterinthailand.com/articles/

I'll check out your videos soon

Oh wow! that beach is beautiful. The same as what we have in the philippines the beaches the foods the fruits and almost all the plants.

Yep I wanna go to Philippines to check if there is any aswang lol

I really want to go to the Philippines soon. Crazy that I've lived 5 years in SE Asia and still haven't been

you should. bro

A beautiful place, still natural and very eye-catching. We are obliged to keep our natural beauty from damage because we are not the only ones who need animal life also need life like us. Let's just as we keep our nature from damage. image
Sabang island

Wow it's like a trailer of Survivor! Amazing.
I don't know if I would have the courage to do this myself. Living of the island...

Thanks. It's not too hard. Worst part about it is you're always sandy and it gets in the tents and hammocks no matter how hard you try to keep it out

I love camping by water, beach, even better! Nice!

Nice place 😇

Good post friends ...
Oya, I've followed you and gave a vote, do not forget to follow me back

Definitely deserves an up vote, awesome editing and trip. Where can I get more info as in how long you stayed there and how you arrived? As a flight attendant I travel a lot but always to the big cities, and for these kind of places I have to find my own way! Looks great to get away from people for some time lol

Thanks! We usually rent a pickup truck and drive in. We stay 3-5 nights. We were all living on the island so it was easy to plan. I haven't done any other writeup yet, sorry

very cool

Nice post!! I followed you

thank you

amazing video and that song @dispatches thanks for sharing

Thank you :)

Awesome video and experience in paradise. Thank you for sharing.

Thank you!!!

Truly idyllic thanks for sharing. One day I will too visit, maybe see you there :)

nice video bro :)

Thanks!

Wow, I want to go to Thailand right now. Incredible nice video and you have a real radio voice man. I'm sorry to hear about your dog. RIP

haha thanks, like pretty much everyone else I hate the sound of my own voice and just had to force myself to do this. He was my friend's dog. He joined us the first 3 times we beach camped, but he was pretty old

I like it! :)

Cool place, the view look like anplace in a game play

Video so amazing ! Breathless !

Thank you

added to the list thanx

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haha to my personal bucket list :)

Opvoting and resteeming for the bucket-list reasons :) Great idea.

How amazing! I would love to live this way!

Nice

  ·  7 years ago (edited)

WOW :) UpVote and Follow from @burundel

Thanks

  ·  7 years ago (edited)

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This is great, good job!

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You seem like a pro. I like your video :) Anyway, I would highly appreciate if you can take time to visit and probably leave some comments into my first post intro. Looking forward to meeting new friends :)

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Wow nice video @dispatches.

thank you!

This is REALLY cool! Looks very tasty and beautiful, thanks for sharing.

Thank you

Nice post

Thanks

Wow! I have been to a few different places in Thailand this past year. I stayed right on the beach at Koh Samui and Krabi, but I will try out beach camping sometime soon!​

Awesome video, nice challenge!

That was such a good video! Although, I wish I hadn't watched it because now all I want to do is go to Thailand 😩

beautiful, I have to visit it @dispatches

Beautiful landscape
Great Adventure

Hahaha this is so me, I travel with my machete and my bamboo stick everywhere I go.

The video is amazing and I am quite jealous that you already did this four times.

Gonna hit Thailand after SouthAmerica, probably will be there around March ´18.

Do you control the drone or does someone else do it for you?

I also travel with my Camon T5 Rebel, GoPro Hero4 Silver ed, my computer to write and edit in moviemaker (poor steemian here) and a lot adventure craving.

yes.
beautiful beach

I love Thailand! I've been there a couple times to co phi phi island and Chiangmai. It's worth the trip. How do you pay for gas and such on the island?

Cool video! Very inspiring!

Looks amazing 😍

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Very good information
I really like that.

Nice video ,nice work

Awesome experience ! Love your video :)

  ·  7 years ago (edited)

That is sick bro, never heard of this place in Thailand having lived here a while. I'll google it,.No crocs in the river that would terrify me. Love the drone footage it's time to take my Mavic for a burl last time was when we were in Gilis. Great video bro.

Thanks! No crocs but funny you should mention it because one time we were going back to dig for clams wading waste deep in the water. About 10 meters in front of us we saw a huge cobra swimming right toward us. Luckily about a second after we saw him he saw us and turned and fled. Only when we saw it crawl up the bank into the trees did we realize just how big it was.

Wow.....! I enjoyed this short video of 3 minutes and 20 seconds and I loved it. My uncle recently has visited Thailand and insisted me to tour Thailand next summers. Now I am convinced after watching your video.

amazing video follow me @sebastiaanhol

Great video @dispatches. And sorry for your loss of your pup. It's great you have memories
like this captured forever.

Thank you! He was actually my friend's dog but I was close with him. He came camping with us 3 times. He was old and led a good life, half in California and half in Thailand :)

Your drone camera is looks good. Can you share your drone specifications.

Nice

Follow nd vote me nd very ce video

sawa di kop thailand.
good post and i have re-steem 👍

Nice video i really love thailand i cant get enough frome it 😍

Thank you for sharing

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Amazing

Very cool.... I like it :)

Thanks!

you are welcome :)

Wow... This is incredible...

So beautyfull.

Nice video of the beautiful beach!

Amazing! nicely done! WOW!

Thanks, I appreciate it. This is a new style of editing and storytelling I'm trying out (first time using my own voiceover), so the compliment means a lot.

Wow I see you're a crypto master! It's not something I write about since I know so little but I've been dabbling in it for 3 years so I'll be following you.

Cheers!

Interesting and informative video. However, is it unsafe (thinking about the horrors of the movie "The Beach" with Leo DiCaprio)?

Thanks. No it's fine. There are some locals that fish a bit around there and work a rubber plantation nearby but they're friendly.

Wohoo Thailand has the most amazin beaches, i would love it too, but it seems out of reach..

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This is cool stuff