Koh Lipe the Paradise: II, Jack Jungle Bar
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Our place was Jack Jungle Bar. My friend stayed here last time and made friends with the owner already so now we chose this place. There were 7 bungalows at Jack’s. The owners are a couple, P’san (or Jack) and P’ Tai, his lovely wife. When arrived, I had just a small talk with them because they told us to take a shower. I wondered why couldn’t I chat more longer? Jack said “No, go now” Me “Why, it’s just not dark yet.” Jack said “Do it right away, whatever you would like to do in the bathroom because after sunset the frogs will come out!” Ah, frogs? No, frogs, no no no noooo! .
Scary!!!
There’s an open air bathroom. In the night there are a lot of frogs came. Laila and I had to watch each other to chase away the frogs while the other taking shower.
Jack Jungle isn’t located near the beach. I love to stay near the beach but at Jack’s, this place/ and these people gave me more than the beach I love
After shower we went ot the beach to see sunset. It’s so damn beautiful! Yeah, it could make me forget Phangan easily!
What a wonderful day!
We came back to Jack’s at night. Here besides Bungalows, Jack set up the small bar in front of his resort. This bar opens almost 24 hours. If we don’t sleep, Jack won’t. If people still come, Jack still serves. He’s old – older than my dad but his heart is young. He’s up from dust till dawn and never say a thing.
Jack Jungle Bar is one of the best few bars at Lipe Island that I like. The island is big, there are many beaches called different name. I love Andaman beach. White sand, the sea was so blue. I took a rest on that beach for many hours. They called this “Maldieve Thailand”. I’ve never been to Maldieve but I know what they mean and I agree! There were about 20-30 bars along the beach as I saw but most of people came to Jack’s.
We met a few new friends, two of them are English. They worked as a bar manager. They work for a few money exchange but they got room and food, that’s good ha? I would like to do something like that too, it’s gotta be fun if I can spend one year on the beach.
We’re back to Jack’s. It’s dinner time. P’Tai, Jack’s wife, is a chef. She cooks Thai food really good. We sat on the table in front of the bar. There’s only Me and Laila, my friend. When the food served, I was enjoy eating and didn’t see anything much. When finished I looked around, oh where was I? Which country? No Thai people at all. This places were full of tourists. When I just sat down there were only two of us (me and Laila) – now I think it’s like people from the whole island came to have dinner here. First night, I wondered but the days after I knew why people love to come here. I love too!
