Blogs from Ko Jam, South-West Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 2

If I had to choose one word to characterize our time at Koh Jum it would have to be--lounge. In our entire eight day stay we probably strayed no farther than 300 meters from our little bungalow. Bungalow--food hut--lounge hut--beach--food hut--lounge hut--food hut--bungalow. Perfect. Koh Jum was exactly what we wanted. Good food. Decent beach. Warm water. Fun animals. No commitments. No worries. Plenty of time. So it rained--more time to read. So the tide was out--more tide pools and beach combing. Koh Jum is bursting with animal life. Monkeys chattered next to our bungalow. We coaxed hermit crabs out of their shells on the beach. Songbirds serenaded us by day and frogs by night. I could have done without the rat that climbed up on my leg in the middle of the night, but Chris ... read more

After all the partying it was time to recharge our batteries and what better place to do this than on the little island of Ko Jum, an island with only electricity by generator for 3 hours a day, no big hotels and no parties only long sandy beaches and tree covered hills and the only form of transport a limited number of scooters for hire. The intial plan had been to head to the island of Ko Lanta but having traveled in 10 different vehicles in 12 hours including ferries, buses, mini vans, back of jeeps we arrived late on the island of Ko Lanta. It was dark, we were tired and accommodation was expensive resorts. The island was larger than expected and actually larger than Ko Pan Ngan it did not have the atmosphere we ... read more

Po raz kolejny zmienilismy plany. Z Bangkoku pojechalismy najpierw na poludnie, na wyspy, na plaze, odpoczac troche:) Na poczatek wybralismy miejsce malo znane turystom, niewielka wysepke Ko Jum niedaleko od Ko Phi Phi. Dotrzec bylo tam dosc trudno. Z miasta Krabi dwoma pick up'ami dojechalismy do malej przystani, skad 3 razy dziennie odplywaja lodki na Ko Jum. Na lodce plynelo jeszcze tylko dwoje Tajow. Spodziewalismy sie malej liczby turystow, ale to co zastalismy i tak nas zaskoczylo:)) Z wioski do glownej plazy jest jakies 2.5 km spaceru. Wzdluz plazy znajduje sie okolo 10 osrodkow z bungalowami, jednak w porze deszczowej czynne sa tylko 2... Wybralismy najtansza opcje i rozpoczelismy leniuchowanie;) Nasz bungalow znajdowal sie na drzewie, w srodku mielismy trzy drzewa, gdy padal deszcz, dach przeciekal;) Trzy dni zlecialy mi na kapaniu sie w Morzu Andamanskim, ... read more

We went for a week to Ko Jum, it's a small island that's still not touristic. The water there was crystal clear and was motionless, as a swimming pool. We could swim really far and was nothing around. Was really really nice. And we spent our time swimming, reading and lying in the hammock and not much more (as this can fill a day quite easy). It was really relaxing until the sandflies found us..... We got bitten quite a lot and it was sooo itchy. So we decided to go back to civilization or what we call civilization since 6 months (Bangkok). The island itself was so calm and electricity was only through generator for 4-5 hours in the evening. We went down to the village every day and saw a bit of the life ... read more

Well, I'm officially stranded on an island -- not entirely deserted, but close enough. We heard a rumor that there was a computer in the school in the island village with internet and that might've been a stretch. I feel more like I'm shouting through a tin can than tapping into the world wide web here, but it should do the trick nonetheless. Expect more pictures using a different media soon ... I rejoin the real world on Wednesday -- after swimming offshore to catch a long-tail boat, we'll make our way back to the mainland (Krabi) and catch a plane to Bangkok. I'll send off Jason early Thursday morning, meanwhile he'll have to pass the TMIT torch off to some unsuspecting lanky farang, and then catch the train back up north to Chiang Mai. I ... read more