Koh Jum = Heaven

Hello!

We have been enjoying our time so much here on Koh Jum - we moved bungalows the other day and are now on a much more secluded beach about halfway down the island. Our walk to town is a little further now, about 2.5-3 miles, but we made the trip today to buy a snorkel, a notebook exchange some money and also use the internet and eat at our favorite restaurant, Kungnang Seafood.

Our new bungalow, Sun Smile, has gorgeous views (will post pictures from Phuket or Singapore in a week or two!!) The only negative is the the food at the restaurant is lacking. Luckily, we walked down the beach to Jungle Hill restaurant (5 min walk) and the food is AMAZING! So, we have a great place to stay and a good restaurant to eat at. Food is typically $1.50-$2.00 for a large meal that would be about $9-15 at an American Thai restaurant...and it is better!

We have also seen monkeys three different times!! If you talked to me before the trip, you know how excited I was about the prospect of wild monkeys. We woke up yesterday to a pack of Monkeys on the roof two bungalows away from ours! They were in trees, climbing and going crazy everywhere!! We guessed there were maybe 20-25, including babies and a few big male monkeys watching the group. We have also seen a lot of crabs, a large black scorpion (which we were close to stepping on!), a banana spider, an octopus, star fish, many sea creatures and fish in tidal pools, and so many birds and other creatures.

We have loved it here so far, and I will try to give an update soon. Hope everything is going well back in the states :)