Travel Reference
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Koh Jum Beach Villas
VILLAS
$$$
( 08 6184 0505;
www.kohjumbeachvillas.com
; Hat Yao; villas 6000-16,000B; )
Spacious wooden
homes with plenty of living spaces, lush decks with cushioned seating and views of the
sea are spread along a luscious white nub of Hat Yao. Houses are privately owned and
rented out by the night.
The community is devoted to keeping the place as environmentally and socially re-
sponsible as possible (note there's no air-con but the houses have been constructed to
catch ocean breezes). The staff are delightful, the restaurant and bar scrumptious.
Koh Jum Lodge
( 0 7561 8275;
www.kohjumlodge.com
; Hat Yao; bungalows 4500-5500B; )
An eco-lodge
with style: imagine lots of hardwoods and bamboo, gauzy mosquito netting, potted orch-
ids, Thai carvings, manicured grounds and a hammock-strewn curve of white sand out
front. It strikes that hard-to-get balance of authenticity and comfort. Bliss.
HOTEL
$$$
Kung Nang Seafood
( 08 7264 9185; Ban Ko Jum; meals 150-200B; 8am-7pm)
A terrific local seafood house in main
village. Order your fish early in the day and it will be ready for you at dinner time.
Southern Thai delicacies like
Ъlah tôrt kà-mîn
(fried fish with turmeric) and
Ъlah đôm
kà-mîn
(fish soup) are excellent.
SEAFOOD
$
Mama Cooking
(Ban Ko Jum; dishes 20-50B)
If you love your Thai breakfasts, join the fishermen for milky tea,
flavoured sticky rice and freshly made Thai donuts in the village.
THAI
$
Ko Si Boya
Low-lying, rural Ko Si Boya has yet to garner more than a trickle of the annual tourism
stream, and that's just fine with repeat visitors - almost all of whom land at a single, ex-
ceptional bungalow compound.
Siboya Resort
( 08 1979 3344, 0 7561 8026;
www.siboyabungalows.com
; bungalows 350B, houses 600-1200B; )
OK,
the beach itself isn't spectacular. But the mangrove setting is wild and full of life, and the
bungalows and private homes are large, tasteful and affordable. The restaurant rocks and
HOTEL
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