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29 May 2006 |
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I get a lot of emails like
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Hi!
I've been staying in
Thailand for months
at time since 2002
and I had been to
practically every
island in the Krabi
area, but somehow
I've managed to miss
Koh Jum. This year
my Danish friends
tricked me into
going to there.
I was whiny at
first, 'no
electricity, how
good can it be?',
but my friends
convinced me and I
ended up spending
almost all of my
four month on the
sweet, sweet island
of Jum.
I've traveled all
over the world but
I've never loved a
place more then I do
Koh Jum. It's such a
special island and
the people I met
there will stay in
my heart forever.
All my love goes out
to the people att
Woodland Lodge, the
resort I now
consider my thai
home. Sao, my thai
mom, Ray, my farang
dad, Phil, Koh Jum's
own Sean Connery,
Lek, my thai sister
and Little Sao,
who's always
smiling. They are
all very dear to me.
I'm sending you some
pictures from my
paradise. Do what
you want with them,
I'd be really happy
have them end up on
your awsome webpage.
I have to send you a
couple of e-mails
though, since
hotmail only allows
10 MB...
Love Ylwa
my name is Ylwa
S---------- and I'm
from Sweden.
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I think most people
who visit KJum feel
like this. I
have created a
Gallery for
the remaining 30 of
Ylwa's pictures
she sent me.Thanks
for sharing, Ylwa. |
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26 May 2006 |
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Wish
I were in this hammock right now... |
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25 May 2006 |
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Magic Beach, Koh
Pu. |
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24 May 2006 |
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Tsunamied longtail, Ting Rai Bay.
Ouch... |
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23 May 2006 |
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Monks. Not Koh Jum monks, but a
cool picture nonetheless. |
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22 May 2006 |
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Yum yum! Phat
Thai Ting Rai. |
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21 May 2006 |
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Sawatdee! from the main pier in
Baan Koh Jum. |
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Click for larger. |
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20 May 2006 |
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Ok
then...I've had to actually work in
my Real Job for a couple days and
haven't had time for picture
posting. I get a couple days off
because some weather-related issues
make it too wet to paint. YAY!
Work sucks....
I'd rather be
laying on the beach, even a rocky
one: |
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Click for larger. |
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17 May 2006 |
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The
tsunamied RS Internet on the road
just outside of Baan Ting Rai. |
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Could this little shack become the
new home of KohJumOnline.com in
2006? Stay tuned... |
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14 May 2006 |
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After years of just passing by Koh
Jum on his way to KLanta, last
month fellow traveler "tezza" did
what he should have done long ago
by "jumping
into one of the long tails and
checking things out" on Koh Jum. No
surprise...he
had a great time: |
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A tout
on the ferry showed me
some photos of SEASON
BUNGALOW (see
link below) and
said they had some 300baht
bungalows, so I piled into
their long tail when the
ferry arrived off Golden
Pearl Beach. Golden Pearl
is the northern part of
the 4km+ long southern
beach, the rest being
called Andaman Beach.
Okay, Season’s 300
bungalows with attached
bathroom were neat enough,
although up the back next
to the (not very busy)
road and a fair walk to
the restaurant. But they
showed me one of the
pastel painted concrete
and tile 400 baht jobs,
much bigger, much nicer,
so I went for that. Wow,
what a nice place! -
tinted sliding doors,
towels and comp water
supplied, linen changed
daily, window and door
insect screens. No mirror
in the bathroom though - a
big one in a vanity in
bungalow itself. I noticed
this bungalow was 700 on
the web-page. It really
looked like 700 worth.
The big open plan
restaurant up near the
beach was breezy and had a
great outlook towards Phi
Phi. I thought the food
pretty nice, prices
towards the lower end of
my bungalow stays, and the
staff were super polite,
friendly and efficient.
The grounds are a sort of
cleared coconut plantation
but looked like a work in
progress - I was not aware
this place was really
knocked around by the
tsunami. Click on
“tsunami” on Season’s web
page to see how damaging
this was. Hey, those
bungalows are really solid
construction.
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Yeah Season Bungalows kinda has the
reputation for good food and for
the
friendliness of the people
who work there. Tezza's revelations
come as no shock to me, but it
wasn't all palm trees and
Singha Beer for The Tez: |
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Heading
back down the island I
checked out the area known
as
Ting Rai beach
which is actually a series
of smaller beaches in the
lee of Mount Pu. Some of
the hills on this road
were a fair bit steeper
and with my bike’s
moonshot gearing I had to
get off and push several
times. Pretty hot work, so
I had a great swim and
some sun at gorgeous
deserted
Magic Beach which
you can check on that
website.
Unfortunately I can’t tell
you anything about the 3
resorts along here,
because heading down the
super steep rutted and
rocky access road to the
first, I locked up the
brakes, slid into a
transverse rut and did a
two and a half forward
somersault with tuck (the
bike was tucked between my
legs - instant falsetto
baby). Subsequently I got
the sulks, and 23
Band-Aids later, headed
directly back to Season
for a Chang of five in one
of the beachfront
hammocks. |
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Oh dear. Another farang bites the
dust on the path/road to Ting Rai
Bay: |
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But he still managed to
have great time and even
lived to tell the tale.
Tezza does a whole lot of
traveling and he writes
about his experiences over
on
Tales of Asia.com
and also
Lonely Planet's Thorn Tree
Forum. Go check
his writing out. He's a
funny guy with a good eye
for the absurd, but he
never travels with a
camera. Big. Mistake.
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13 May 2006 |
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Yeah. Pretty good,
Rolf. |
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Every
once
in
a
while
a
set
of
pictures
comes
across
my
desk
that
simply
takes
my
breath
away
(which
is
no
mean
feat,
btw)
with
just
how
good
they
are.
This
image
(along
with
a
couple
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