Wai not: Thai net dreams of buying island paradise shattered by scam reality

For a few hours, thousands of minds had left their troubles and the glum pandemic reality behind for a sunny future as owners of a lush, exotic island.

At least until national park officials last night crushed those dreams in a statement dismissing the purported sale of a gulf island as a likely social media scam – but only after thousands said they would pool funds to buy it together.

Mu Ko Chang National Park officials announced last night that the nearly 48 hectares of land advertised as “family land” for sale on Koh Wai (only THB350 million! or US$11 million) is all protected national park but for a small piece belonging to the Koh Waii Paradise Resort, one of at least three places on the tiny island. 

In other words: not for sale. The resort, which has been there 30 years, quickly said it had nothing to do with the attempted “sale,” which featured…