Mysterious visit

We had 5 nights at Treehouse until Lee & Lex were well enough to move to Treehouse 2 which is at the southern end of the island on long beach - transfer by open back truck (swangthaew) 1.5 hrs, 100B. This place is awesome. The huts are similar to those at Treehouse 1 but newer & roomier. Power supply is only available between 6pm & 1am. We are the only resort on this horseshoe shaped bay - in fact there's nothing for kilometres either way. No booming stereos, traffic, internet, atm's - nothing but peace & tranquility. My hut sits back from the beach a little, raised on stilts by 8-10 feet and accessed by a precarious ladder made of logs. I have a great view of the beach and the turquoise sea that is shallow & warm. 250B a night.

My first night here was eventful to say the least. It started with my falling out of my hammock flat on my back which was more embarrassing than painful, although I was stiff with the sciatica when I awoke the following morning.

I had set the Mozi net up before I climbed in to bed - day pack with valuable items was on the bed, torch however was on the shelf outside the mozi net.

I awoke at some early hour to the sound of something bashing about & growling in my hut. The noise was coming corner where my torch was sitting on the shelf - lesson learnt! Torch will in future be under my pillow. So I tried to peer through the mesh of the mozi net in the dark to no avail. I rummaged through my day pack and found my camera, turned it on and clicked in the direction of the noise. The flash didn't illuminate anything much and the subsequent picture only showed the mesh of the mozi net - I was still in the dark! So I used the screen of the camera as a torch and found just enough light to see what appeared to be a feline like creature playing footy with my possessions. It circled the perimeter of my mozi net several times before settling down to eat what appeared to be a mouse. I returned the camera to it's case and settled down to try and get back to sleep with just the sound of the creature devouring it's meal disturbing the silence. As I drifted off I'm sure I heard my visitor depart via the window and when I awoke, I was alone!