Could you live alone on a tropical island?

DocZaius · Post by **DocZaius** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 10:48 am

One guy did. And he did it on purpose, first in the 1950s, and then twice more in the '60s, for a total of 16 years.

Tom Neale was his name, and while he settled in for years at a time on various inhabited South Pacific islands, his dream was to live by himself on one atoll in particular: Suvarov.

This is his story. Well, excerpts from his story anyway. He published a book in 1966 called, An Island to Oneself. Pretty amazing stuff.

MinGator · Post by **MinGator** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 1:13 pm

How did he get his pron? I mean being alone all that time and whatnot...

DocZaius · Post by **DocZaius** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 1:55 pm

^ He made it himself out of seashells, guano and jellyfish.

MinGator · Post by **MinGator** » Wed Aug 01, 2012 4:35 pm

I wonder what it would feel like to come back to civilization after a break of say 10 years. I mean iPads and smart phones alone in the last 10 years would be pretty drastic. I guess it would suffice to say that technology itself would be pretty obviously different.

Toothy · Post by **Toothy** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 8:43 am

I already do.

radbag · Post by **radbag** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 1:02 pm

i would need vaseline

MinGator · Post by **MinGator** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 1:38 pm

Just....threw....up