On the road again
Well, I'm on the bus again.
First we had a really bumpy ride from Pai to Chiang Mai (about 3-4 hours)
and I have to tell you that I normally never get car-sick.
But this trip was a fucking rollercoaster for 4 hours.
The road is up and down many mountains, and the way has 736 strong curves. Imagine that!
So, poor little Lee had to sit in the front after half way. Just not to throw up.
Many others in the car felt sick too. But I was the first to ask haha. :D
Oh, I just have to say that I've seen the most beautiful girls on this trip.
Or, ever in my life.... 2 Brazilian girls. Of course they are Brazilian, damn it.
And their boyfriends. Wooohaaaa.... SHIIIIIIET!!!
God, why couldn't I be a Brazilian girl? Well, anyway... back to the story...
We arrived in Chiang Mai. I still felt sick and tired.
Now another busride for 12 hours waited for me and A, back to Bangkok.
This is worst then flights.
Not so many people on the bus, but yet it felt like a thousand just cuz
I didn't have power enough to be social etc. So, I started to watch a movie.
My swedish ”Farväl Falkenberg” and suddenly I missed Sweden,
or the Swedish summer at least... Then I tried to get some sleep.
Hmmmm.... I think I've slept like 30 min on the whole trip.
Not much in other words. I just can't ... I don't know why. It's too bumpy??
Well...Here I am on the bus and still can't sleep.
My battery on the computer is running out too... so I guess I have to say Bye Bye.
So... Bye, Big Kiss
Welcome to the jungle
Tacomepai it's called, you can also look at different videos on youtube.
I recorded a bit too. Everything here is organic and tasty.
They have like everything. Coffey plants, cotton, bananas, yeah you name it.
We arrived late last night so it got dark very fast and
we were pretty tired so we went to bed early.
It feels like we are in the middle of nowhere.
In the jungle, and we actually are. Yesterday we went riding on the elephants.
It was soooo lovely, and it was not like all the other tourist-
groups who rides on elephants is like.
This was private, cheaper of course and we sat on the elephant without anything.
Adeline and I sat in the front too, on the elephants head.
And we DID NOT have a hammer to bang on the head....
Like many other ”MAHOUTS” have.
We went swimming with them and they trown us off in to the river.
It was really funny and it was not that touristy like I expected. Good!
Now we're inside out little bungalow and the dog ”Mat” is outside and protects us hahaha.
We are filthy and dirty and have to take a shower, but we are soooo lazy to get up.
I just think that I have to smell like shit
(from taking a bath in the dirty river, with the elephant's poo in it haha)
We are going to help doing some nitting, for drying bananaplants, chili and coffey.
I just wonder if I ever could get up from bed.... oooh...
Puhja... smell you later. ta ta.
After our nice little swim in the river with the elephants.
Work to do!
One of many many days....
So, today we woke up really early. (10.00 haha)
Breakfast after like 5 min of waking up.
The frenchy is so hectic with the food in the morning or else she'll be cranky.
I was eating while I was still asleep (it felt like anyway)
So, afterwards... relaxed for 30 min,
went outside and sat at the pool area and had some sun and music.
Hot, so I had a swim and then I was bored.
So.... we finally went to tha mountains. And I must say, WOOOW....
What an amazing view over Chiang Mai.
The smell from the forest and from the rain, it was not like the gas we smell every day. Yuk!
And then we walked 306 steps up the stairs to the top of the mountain.
There was a big Buddist temple.
We had to dress proper etc, and we looked around at the temple and the view down. AMAZING!
Now we're back here again. I noticed in the car back home that those 30 min
of sun today gave me a beautiful red tan. Call me PINCHY!
I think we're going to Pai tomorrow... maybe they serve Pies over there?
Mouhahaha... Well, see you later folks.
Elephant man...
I must say, woooooow to chiang mai. And the reagge bars they have.
Awesome live reagge music.
And we danced our ass off to the live Bob Marley songs.
I had 1 bucket of mojito and 1 drink and I was wasted.
Soooo much fun in 1 night, I'm getting comfortable now.
I really looooove to backpack. I missed it soooo much.
When we were at the bar, Adeline told me :
- Woooohhh, look outside : AN ELEPHANT!
And I said, yeah right.. ok... sure.. what ever.
And I looked behind my back, and suddenly there was a huge
fucking ELEPHANT on the street. WHAT THE FUCK!!
Welcome to Thailand!!
Well, we had fun and I'm such of pain in the ass to her and call her
BIRDY all the time, just like Tim. hahahaha :D
Now it's time for me to play some Soliataire and go to bed, a bit drunk.
Hasta manana...
Bored on bus
Hallaaauuuu...
On the bus right now, kind of bored and I can't read my book cuz
there is no lights on, the only light is from my computer and from the outside.
It's really bumpy but I've seen worse.
Tried to sleep, and yes I slept for 30 min or so, 2 power naps.
But there are maaaany hours to go.
Listening to my music and I just lay here and eat asian shrimp-chips (it's the best)
And they remind me of Annica, my little Phillie!! :D
Sitting here and thinking about my life.
What a great life I'm living, I really can't belive it actually.
I totally ”forgot” what a absolutely fucking nice life I'm living comparing to others in the world.
But I haven't been away from Sweden for very long,
so I guess it's gonna take some time for me to ”live this awesome life” again.
(Not so depressed in other words)
I've almost been away for a week all ready, but it feels like 2 days.
I still really can't understand that I am in Thailand.
Feels like a dream. Where am I? What am I doing here? What's going on?
I just looked over at Adeline who's sleeping and smiled at her.
She is so cute, little birdy!
We are going to an ECO FARM in Pai, in couple of days.
That's gonna be cool to experience.
I'm gonna try to get some sleep again... I'll try anyway.
It's still a bumpy bus. Hasta la vista baby.
Appel Guest house Bangkok
Heeeello!!
Now I'm alone in my room, there is no Sofie anymore.
She's off to Phi Phi island now, she is on the night bus by now and sleeping I guess.
I stayed with Adeline and Tim.
Me and Adeline was supposed to go today too,
but Timmy wanted us to stay one more night. And so we did.
I want to spend as much time as I can with them,
Sofie is always going to be there later anyway and we are going to spend 6 months together.
It still feels kind of strange to be around them sometimes.
Haven't been around them in 5 months,
and suddenly everything is the same as it were in Mexico.
Oh, I miss Mexico so much...
Talked alot about it, had nice memories from Isla Mujeres.
It was very special over there. So special that I could move there. Puhja...
Haven't done so much today actually, you get really tired from the heat.
Lazy and tired, aaaaaaall the time.
We walked around and tried to find a swimming pool,
but nobody could offer one if we didn't stay at their hotels.
And even if we offered them money, WTF!
So we ended up at the Israeli touristcenter for free internet, (wasting some time)
Had a fruit shake and were looking around at handsome israelian men. :)
”Is niiiiiiiice ey”
Went home, went and got Sofie at the guest house.
Took her to the bus and said goodbye.
Tomorrow we are off to SHANG MAI, up north.
An 15 hours bus ride. Damn it.
Good that my phone works again so I can listen to some music, weeeeee!!
I'm gonna try to video blog a bit more, it's more fun when you are traveling,
At least I'm not holding my camera in front of the mirror and video taping myself and talk like a bimbo hahahahahahaha.....
It's gonna be more for my friends and family,
and the one that's reading my blog. (all you other stalkers hahaha)
Bangkok day 4
Hey Hey Hey!!
Forth day in Bangkok, leaving with Adeline to the north tomorrow.
I have no idea where we are going but she has figured it out allready.
SHANG MAI.
Sofie is going to Phi Phi island directly tomorrow by bus, so she'll be there the day after because it's a night bus, just like the one me and Adeline are going to take, but another direction.
We are going to stay in the jungle and ride on elephants and live in a tree. haha :)
It's going to be so much fun :D
I can't belive how cheap everything is here.
Imagine having a Swedish salary all year long and live in Asia, that would be a awesome life.
I would be a milionaire.Woho.
I don't want to go back to Sweden, ever ever again. NEVEEEER!
It's a storm today.
It's been really hot for so many days now and this morning there was a rainbow AROUND the sun,
and the Thai people said that it's going to be a storm tonight. And they were right.
But it's nice with some breeze and water. Bangkok is sooooo hot!!!
Tonight we are going to eat at an Indian place where they had really nice food. (Omri told me)
I am not so hungry because of the heat, I just drink drink drink,
I don't think I've ever been drinking so much water in my life before.
Time to rest. Smell you later. Ta ta
Bangkok day 2
Hola.
Second night in Bangkok. It's really loud and noisy here, but it's ok.
We moved to the same guesthouse as Adeline and Tim.
Cheap and nice, when I say cheap I would say 20 kr a night.
And the people that are staying here are so friendly. Love it!
It's really really hot so I'm sweating alot.
Good for me, maybe I loose couple of kilos in couple of weeks?
I hope so anyway hehe.
Me and Adeline went out today and talked a bit,
felt good because many things has happened since the last time we saw each other 5 months ago.
When we got back to the guesthouse her and tim went to bed.
Me and Sofie and couple of others went out dancing.
Sober, just sweating a little bit more :)
Me and some Kiwi dude had company back home to the guesthouse.
And now it's time for bed.
Kiwi (Daniel)
If I can sleep i this heat without any aircondition.
Wish me good luck :)
Hasta mañana!
Jetlag
Well, some of you know that I was pretty sick when I left Sweden.
I can tell you that I didn't get better on the flight.
Almost 11 hours and no sleeping at all. (maximum 15 min)
My head wanted to expload, my nose was runny and my whole body was not feeling so well.
It sucked. Specially my ass hurted while sitting down to much.
My mood has not been the best for the last 2 days.
My trip started when I left Jonas home, and just when I was suppose to leave
I drop my mobile phone in the sink, with water in it.
It's so typical ME, clumbsy retarded Lee!
And the story repeat itselfs (again).
EXACTLY the same thing happened to me in Mexico, with the same phone!
Couple of hours later, it worked again. Yay.
But it's still damaged and can die any second.
Second thing that happened to me on the flight was that I forgot
(because I was stressed) my SUPER MARIO teddy bear on my backpack,
while checking in the bags. The thought hit me while we were on the flight.
I remember my grandma told me not to forget him.
I answered, of course not, I will never forget Mario. Well, FUCK!
When we stood at the bagage claim, we found our bags directly.
But there was no Mario. Fuck again!
I was sad, but I guess it was time for him to move on.
I told Sofie: Oh, it would be so much fun to see Mario
on the band with all the bags, laying there alone.
And just when I said it I looked on the band, and there he comes.
I was so happy again and we high-fived each other :D
When we landed I was a bit cranky and needed to sleep
because of my conditon of being sick. But it was 6 am, and it was soooo hot.
Sofie decided to go up on the roof top and get a bit of sun while I was resting.
When I woke up, I was even more jetlaged and still wanted to sleep.
But we didn't have the time.
It was time for me (or us) to meet Tim and Adeline.
Me, nervous? HAHA. Wow, I don't think I've ever been that
nervous in a veeeeeeeery long time.
I had soooo many thoughts in my head at the same time.
We decided to meet at Kha San road at 6 pm at their old hostel.
We were there 5.30 and suddenly when Sofie was getting some
cigarettes on the street we bump into eachother.
I just saw Adelines face ”Leeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee”
I wasn't ready mentaly to meet them (I still had 30 min hehe)
so I had a couple of ”happy tears” coming and I was shaking
as a nervous little kid. Usually never happens to me.
And everything was almost the same.
Felt like yesterday but in the same time, it felt soooo strange.
Felt good to be around them again. But my condition was getting worse.
I was starting to feel really sick, so at 11 pm we decided to get a cab home.
Everyone has been drinking alot of beers, except me.
So, the result was that Sofie was talking ALOT in the car back home.
I could not answer her at any condition or else I would throw up.
And the taxi driver had fun, it was like a rollercoaster ride on the streets.
And yes, I did throw up. But not in the car though. =)
So, I just had couple of hours of sleep and woke up
about an hour ago (02.00) and I can not go back to sleep, yet.
I am still very jetlaged and feel weird, but I am not feeling sick anyway.
Give me couple of days and I'll be fine.
Tomorrow is a new day. a new adventure in life.
Ta ta, hasta luego.
Woooow
I had a dream, and it happened. Again. I happens to me alot these days.
I just have to say that it was better then sleeping those few hours before the flight.
Some dreams come true sometimes and I am very good at it.
A good guy once told me "Don't underestimate the evolution of the human mind"
It's helped me alot actually,
and how the brain works and how to control your mind and thoughts.
And that's why I am where I am today. Free as a bird. =)
This picture is our last night. In Bodrum. Laying in big sofas on the beach,
smoking water pipes and drinking beer.
Water pipe, beer and good company at the beach =)
(Photo taken by Ahmet and not me haha)
Looking at the moon at night. Enjoying life.
Love.
Ahmet showed us around. Mister Turkish massage. =)
What a lovely guy. Here he is.
My, me and Ahmet.
Wawwaweewaaaaaaa....
" I THINK I NEED MASSAGE NOW "
Freedom
Today I was at the beach in Malmö with one of the best girls I know.
I can not really explain how comfertable and relaxed I am with her.
So, today... we enjoyed a day at the beach.... alot.
I feel so free!!!
And she told me that she wants to go on a vacation with me before I leave.
She is paying our last minute trip, so on sunday we book a flight and leave on monday.
SEE YAAAAAA!!!! =)
Countdown
And there is not so many days left. Feels fucking good.
43 days. A bit more then a month.
Then I can relax and be happy again.
Cuz yes, I have felt kind of weird lately.
Really emotional and think that everybody is fucked up.
I think I just have to much sparetime and get restless.....
Maybe need a job??
But I know I am going to have the time of my life in Thailand.
And I know that the trip is going to be perfect.
A bird whispered it in my ear.
I hope that my future is like she said. Bright.
I´m looking forward to go on the beach in flip-flops.
Get a nice tan, eat thai-food, drink Singha beer and enjoy life.
Today I had tooooo much sparetime.
So, I did some South Park caracters...
This is Sofie Henriksson, the girl I am going to travel to Thailand with. :)
It is really a good look-a-like actually.
Just another picture I found from the trip
I think I took this picture. This is the McInnes brothers.
Did not spend so much time with them, but they were 2 cool goodlooking guys.
I remembered that I didn´t bring my camera that day.
But, we had alot of fun. Drinking beers and building beer-houses.
There was actually other tourists that came and took picture with us, building this house.
Me and Goo actually made the little "Christmas tree" as I called it, to the right.
(Palmstick with plastic from the sixpack beers,
decorated with cigarette filters and some caps from the beers)
We called it CHRISTMAS ART!!!
It took a long time until I get the picture.
There were 2 cameras that day, and I did not know them who had the cameras. damnit.
Somehow I found it. So Happy :)
Now.... Bed..... XXX moi.
Risk
A very nice photo I found on Tim
Risking his life for a great shot in Guatemala.
That´s the crazy guy I can remember him as.
Had to upload it.
I was supposed to be there. With them. Fuck.
My retarded friends ♥ ♥ ♥
Just one thing that means alot for me.
I really miss you guys.
It´s just another day that I miss you. Alot.
You guys will always be in my mind.
The three of you helped me change my life.
Well, there are more but they don´t get their picture in the blog haha.
I hope I will see your retarded faces in Thailand.
(So I don´t have to miss you guys)
♥ ♥ ♥
Me and Adeline Canelle from Paris, France.
Me and Timothy Claus. Pennsylvania. United States.
Shannon. San Francisco. United States.
♥ ♥ ♥
RETARDATION NATION ROCKS :D
Destination maybe destiny?
Okey. So I´m leaving again.
I can´t stand this anymore.
Sofie wanted me to go with her to book her flight to Thailand.
She have been whining all the time and want me to go with her.
I said, I have to think. So, I went with her and heard the prices.
So our next destination is THAILAND, cuz I´m going with her.
And then I can finally see Cambodja, Malaysia etc too.
She didn´t bought the flight in town.
I came with an amazing idea that we should go to Lund, to Kilroy travels.
And so we did. And there it was. The perfect trip.
Booked, and we are ready to go now.
10 th of september I´m leaving. Again.
I´m gonna miss Marcello and many others.
Thai Thai here we goooooooo
Into the wild
I saw some of his pictures thrue Europe, and it was amazing.
And he have done it before, so why not do it?
So, now I want to travel by bike to.
I just care about my ASS alot. It´s gonna hurt. Hahahaha.
He said that you get used to it though.
But it´s good for me to work out alot in the same time.
I have to start working out as much as I did before again.
At least now I have the time cuz I don´t work any more.
But I´ve been sick for the last 5 days, and it sucks.
Cuz I can´t do anything. I´m getting so lazy and tired all the time.
Today I´ve been up since 07.30 (earliest in more than a week)
Me and Johan slept at Jocelyns place in Lund. Very nice place.
We watched BOLT and INTO THE WILD into the early morning.
For those who haven´t seen it, see it.
You have to! It´s totally worth it.
So when I dreamed this night, I dreamed about being into the wild.
I loved it. Scary but amazing. It inspired me alot.
And I want to do the same thing. But not put my money on fire.
Well, Jocelyn had to work this morning.
Me and Johan went back to Malmö and ate a breakfast
at the central station at Espresso House.
After that, we went to my place, had some more coffee and continued our discutions etc.
Time for me to do the laundry, and he went to the dentist to fix his tooth.
Fredrik is home, and we are gonna do a family dinner tonight :)
I wonder what I will do about this whole situation, am I just gonna take a vacation?
Or get the fuck out of here?
HELP ME!!!!!!!!
Germany
When you are bored in a car, you can always take pictures of stuff... =)
Smokers Lounge. That´s the shit haaaahahahaha...
Maybe not the best picture ever. The picture I took with Glenns camera was much better.
It´s in the tunnle, from Denmark back to Sweden.
Bridge Denmark / Sweden.
SHOPPING....
And some more SHOPPING!!!!!!! =)
I have booz for a whole year now. So fucking sweet.
And it´s very good that you save so much money on it.
Has been a long day today. Sunday and everything.
So I´m laying in bed by now. Up to work early tomorrow.
And then I´m gonna continue my plans in my head -
For my future and my summer and traveling.
It´s on the right way anyway.
I´m telling you more tomorrow.
Goodnight Sweden.
XOXO / Lee
Today´s pictures
That would be a big fat LIE!
Who wouldn´t miss this place?
Laying down in the sofa every day, listening to the sea from your private beach.
Have your own dock.
Watch the beautiful sunsets.
Drink a couple of beers or drinks from the bar....
Relax, meet new friends, have bbq together.
Or maybe cook dinner together in the big kitchen?
God, I miss it so much.
Ladies and gentlemen, I miss Hi-Na-Ha at Isla Mujeres, Mexico.
The best place to be, accept that the owner is a fucking IDIOT!!!
Fix me instead...
When you get what you want but not what you need
When you feel so tired but you can't sleep
Stuck in reverse.
And the tears come streaming down your face
When you lose something you can't replace
When you love someone but it goes to waste
Could it be worse?
Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you
And high up above or down below
When you're too in love to let it go
But if you never try you'll never know
Just what you're worth