Jens Backeman

There are early mornings on vacation and then there are early mornings on vacation. 5:30 is not a time you want to set an alarm for during your vacation. The taxi picked us up at… 

Today not much happened for me. Breakfast, bathing, watching TV series in the sun, some lunch, some interwebs, more sunbathing, dinner at a German/Swiss place close to the resort, and then back to pack cause… 

Got up around 9:30, not the best sleep, probably because of the rather hard beds, even though I have a full 140cm to myself. Got breakfast and wrote yesterday’s post, remembering the sad ending of… 

Early morning again. Up at 7, pack our stuff, and then breakfast. The taxi collected us at 8:10 for transport to the pier in Mae Haad and the boat to Koh Phangan. An uneventful trip… 

Slow morning, up at half past nine for some breakfast and then back to the villa for some intensive relaxing, TV series and podcasts. I went down to the beach to experience the waves but… 

Early morning! Alarm at 7 for breakfast, final preparations, and then off to Crystal Diving Center. It was me, Victor, Stefan, Daniel and Kasper. After filling out some forms, our diving instructors Tina and Dav… 

A calm morning with some packing, breakfast, and check-out. The taxi was booked for 11:15, arrived at 11:00, and wasn’t too happy that we wanted to go straight to the pier in Thong Sala, I… 

Gameday! The first thing I had to deal with when waking up this morning was that Facebook hadn’t been able to publish my post and upload the pictures from yesterday. After a couple of retries,… 

I had the luxury of sleeping alone in a queen size bed so when I woke up at 9 it was well rested. The AC and the fan sure helped out. Breakfast with the early… 

Moving day! Woke up around 9, packed up our stuff, and headed down to the beach for some breakfast before the trip about 3 km north. Me, Anna, John, Annors, and Stefan went by boat… 

Slept much better than expected, the rain last night probably helped falling asleep and I had a fan on me all night which was cool enough to make me pull a sheet over me when… 

Up bright and early, nine o clock (though Anna and John were up even earlier, as usual…). Pack the last stuff, get breakfast, and then check out. Saying goodbye to the owners and the fantastic… 

Everyone got home safely from the Full Moon Party last night. I got into bed around 4 in the morning, which resulted in waking up around 12. Eight of us decided to go and try… 

Still not used to the heat during the night. I sleep okay but when if I wake up it’s hard to return to sleep. Really slow day for a few of us. Breakfast and then… 

Today’s plan was to get to Mae Haad Beach on the northwest corner of the island. I left early to take the inland route to avoid any steep hills when going by scooter. When all…