Finally moved out of Anne's house in Krabi town and hit the beaches properly. We stayed at the 'Oonlea' bungalows on Ko Jum, run by a lovely French woman called Valerie. Within hours she knew all our first names and was more of hostess than a bungalow outfit owner. Highly, highly recommended. The food was excellent, presumably the French influence. A bit on the expensive side, but when the resort is easier to get to by boat than on the winding single track trail that runs along the side of the island its nothing to complain about given the effort it must take to move things around. The bar by the beach is ran by a friendly English bloke called Jim, great place to watch the spectacular sunsets over Phi-Phi.
Awesome Sunsets from Ko Jum - the big cloud in the one the right looked like
Stay Puft - marshmallow man out of Ghostbusters
In the evening we got a crazy taxi to Joy Bar. By 'taxi' I mean battered Honda bike driven by a slightly manic Thai guy wearing a head torch with a welded on side car that can fit 3 people, maybe 4 if you had been going easy on the burgers. Joy bar has excellent pizzas (Domino's could learn a thing or two) and a quick walk along the beach to Freedom bar led us to a really chilled bar and friendly staff. Another taxi back along narrow paths through coconut groves and a hazy night cap on Anne & Fees balcony ended an awesome night. Fell asleep under my mosquito net listening to the sounds of beasties in the surrounding jungle.
Anne & Fiona in a Ko Jum taxi
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Woke up in the morning hearing load bangs and thumps on my roof. It turns out there was a troup of monkeys having breakfast up there. Watching them, watching, me through my slated glass windows it felt strangely like I was in an inverted zoo, with me being the exhibit and the monkeys coming to visit me.
In fact I liked it so much at Oonlea that I might go back for a few days on my way back to Krabi and do some diving with one of Jim's mates that does some diving instructing, sort of depends how turbo things get in Kantiang.