Suddenly Thailand

I am so tired my eyes can barely stay open.

One month ago John and I left Sweden and moved to Singapore. The company arranged an apartment for us for a month and that has now expired. This morning we packed everything we had and were surprised to find out just how much that is. Well, not everything belonged to us, Annika had her stuff there too, but mostly ours. We tried to get a van or something large, but were unable to. Instead we booked two XL Ubers and packed everything into them. Both drivers being not too happy about it but very helpful and kind in the end.

Stuffed cab with all our things.

Since there is a gap here between the 23rd of March and the 1st of April, we had to solve it somehow. John is working so he had to have a bed for nine days. At AirBnB we found just the thing: a single room and space for the things. Unloaded the cars and brought everything up to the 8th floor. John is now staying with a couple and their friend. Also, when I left him he was feeling pretty sick, so I will worry about him even though I said I would not.

So where are Ellie and Annika? We booked a flight to Thailand, Koh Lanta. Here we are! Nine days in this new country, except for for Annika, she has been here before. We travelled directly to the airport after leaving the temporary apartment and took a two hour flight to Krabi. Annika made sure we got a private taxi for a better price than they wanted at first, so eventually we sat in a very luxurious minivan for almost three hours.

Luxury cab with room for six people.

When we got to the hotel we were very tired and very hungry. It was a gorgeous place and amazing room, but something needed to be wrong and that was the bed. Like sleeping on a stone. They tried to make it more comfortable with a blanket, but no. They were very kind though and helped us find another hotel with better bed, though a bit more expensive. We have booked just one night here and will look for other places tomorrow, depends on how our back feels in the morning.

Good night, new world.

Finally at a hotel with sleepable bed, we ate late dinner at the beach.