Our first night in Koh Tao, Thailand at the Sunset Bungalows

We were in a ramshackle bungalow precariously perched up on a hill. Before bed we scared away a 3 inch spider and killed a large cockroach. we hung the mosquito net around us in the bed and turned off the lights. That is when the mystery noises began. I thought it was flip flops from people walking by but we were so high up it would be difficult for anyone to get up where we were. The noises got closer and louder. Something was right outside the wall between us and the outside. The bungalow was like a tent made of plywood. The windows had a one inch gap to the outside and the water from the sink just drained onto the hill below. Animals could get in in multiple entrances.

Something was definitely on the roof, chewing or clawing right above our heads. Chad had visions of using his multi tool to stab the animal in the wall. We were surrounded by the noised, under attack by an unknown intruder with only a mosquito net and some plywood between us. And we were cold. This bungalow came with a sheet on the bed but nothing more.

We awoke early and high tailed it out of there. We never were sure what we heard that night, but i suspect it was the large crabs that we saw walking up the hill towards our bungalow. Their shells and claws were tearing something apart right over our head, and i feared they would land on our bodies at any moment.

The place we are at now is made of very sturdy concrete and the room is clean and clear of pests. We hear the motos zoom by from the street below, but no animal intruders.