Koh Jum Adventure
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At the moment it is the school holidays in Thailand so I have finally had some time to myself. My friend Jane came out to visit for a couple of weeks which was great. Having not seen her for years it was great to catch up. She arrived in Bangkok and I brought her straight home to where I live in Phet’buri. We hung out in Phet’buri for a couple of days and then decided to travel south to an island. As we both wanted to go somewhere to chill we decided on a small island in the south of Thailand called Koh Jum. We got an overnight bus down to a town called Krabi and then jumped on a boat. The boat we caught was going to Koh Lanta and so when we got near to Koh Jum a longtail boat came out to pick us up and take us to the beach.
This was my first visit to the south since the tsunami and it was obvious that it had hit this small, peaceful, island. Apparently no one on Koh Jum was killed but there was a lot of damage around. The place we stayed was beautiful. Asthetically there was a lot of damage but the people were nice, the sand was white and the sea was warm. What more can a girl ask for!!! (oh! The beer was cold too!).
There is no electricity on the island so in the evening a generator was turned on for a few hours to give light. It was a very quiet there, but I remember lying in bed listening to waves (which sounded awfully loud) and wondering what it must have been like to be there during the tsunami.
The people of Koh Jum are mainly fishermen and sea gypsies. We were told that since the tsunami the sea had been very different, tides higher than usual and at low tide the sea receded farther than before. The fisherman are still very jumpy and come back to the island at any hint of bad weather.
After spending a few days on Koh Jum we came back to Phet’buri before going up to Bangkok for the last few days of Jane’s holiday. We visited some of the sights, the Grand Palace, Wat Pho (the reclining Buddha) and Jane had a couple of massages and a dress made from Thai Silk.
When she flew home to England I returned to Phet’buri……
At the moment it is the school holidays in Thailand so I have finally had some time to myself. My friend Jane came out to visit for a couple of weeks which was great. Having not seen her for years it was great to catch up. She arrived in Bangkok and I brought her straight home to where I live in Phet’buri. We hung out in Phet’buri for a couple of days and then decided to travel south to an island. As we both wanted to go somewhere to chill we decided on a small island in the south of Thailand called Koh Jum. We got an overnight bus down to a town called Krabi and then jumped on a boat. The boat we caught was going to Koh Lanta and so when we got near to Koh Jum a longtail boat came out to pick us up and take us to the beach.
This was my first visit to the south since the tsunami and it was obvious that it had hit this small, peaceful, island. Apparently no one on Koh Jum was killed but there was a lot of damage around. The place we stayed was beautiful. Asthetically there was a lot of damage but the people were nice, the sand was white and the sea was warm. What more can a girl ask for!!! (oh! The beer was cold too!).
There is no electricity on the island so in the evening a generator was turned on for a few hours to give light. It was a very quiet there, but I remember lying in bed listening to waves (which sounded awfully loud) and wondering what it must have been like to be there during the tsunami.
The people of Koh Jum are mainly fishermen and sea gypsies. We were told that since the tsunami the sea had been very different, tides higher than usual and at low tide the sea receded farther than before. The fisherman are still very jumpy and come back to the island at any hint of bad weather.
After spending a few days on Koh Jum we came back to Phet’buri before going up to Bangkok for the last few days of Jane’s holiday. We visited some of the sights, the Grand Palace, Wat Pho (the reclining Buddha) and Jane had a couple of massages and a dress made from Thai Silk.
When she flew home to England I returned to Phet’buri……
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