13 Dreamhack Crew to Thailand

On the 20th of June, the trip to Thailand began. We woke up in the apartment of Annors, Kasper, and Johanna, together with Tobias and Mattias. We had some breakfast and went down to the train station for the short trip to Kastrup. On the train, we met up with …

Early morning (alarm at 6) for a taxi to another airport, Don Muang, and the flight south. The booked van for 12 people had only 9 passenger seats. We managed to squeeze in with Kasper on a box, going backward. Safety first! Breakfast at the airport and some waiting (good …

Woke up around half past 10. Nice long sleep in a not-too-hot room. Breakfast in the restaurant, not the buffet that you’re used to in Swedish hotels but order from a menu. Pancakes and eggs it is! A few had already gone into town for some shopping, and a couple …

The really hot night messed with my sleep. Got up around 10 for some breakfast (they were out of pancakes ) and then off by scooter to Haad Rin, the beach where the Full Moon Party takes place on Wednesday. Some swimming, sunbathing, and lunch. The restaurant had a menu …

Woke up and had some breakfast. A rather slow morning for everyone. Magnus had finally had a good night’s sleep. A few of us feel an upcoming cold but hope that passes rather quickly and unnoticeable. I went out on my scooter to find myself a souvenir coffee mug, that’s …

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 had arrived we did the same thing as we’ve done the past days; sunbathing, swimming, …

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 the neighbor hotel pool for like three hours. Late lunch at this place Lin-Da that …

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 out the minigolf course I found two days ago. Since it wasn’t on the coast …

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 personnel. Five of us took a taxi and the rest took the scooters. The cab …

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 I woke up sometime during the night. Breakfast and down to the beach. Me, Stefan, …

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 (the rest by scooter). Lovely trip along the coast and into the bay of Thong …

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 birds Anna and John and then off to the pool. After the speech with Ulf …

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 managed to get it up, though later during the day it published a second …

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 assume he wanted to take a detour and pick up some more (we had four …

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 had a short theoretical introduction and then off to get the gear. Swimsuits, fins, masks, …

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 the trip to the beach itself (in the water and across some rocks) got more …

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 on the ocean and when in port again some rented scooters, some took a taxi …

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 Sweden’s participation in the World Cup. Rented a scooter and got out in Thong Sala …

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 we are leaving really early tomorrow for the trip back to Bangkok.

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 six and we headed down to the pier. Check-in at Lomprayah and then off to …

Don’t know why but had a really hard time falling asleep last night. Ended up watching and listening to the last 30 min of the semifinal between France and Belgium, congratulations to the French! Today’s agenda was escape room and shopping. We got up, had breakfast, and headed over to …

Today was tourist day. Some went on a “Royal Palace, Buddha-statues”-run with the guide Annors. I jumped into a cab and headed to Chinatown. First, a “small” mall called Old Siam Plaza, with a lot of small shops with mainly clothes but also the usual random stuff. Then I walked …

Slow morning at the hotel, several skipped breakfast. Check out around 11 and then stuff all luggage in Daniel’s room, since he is staying for another night. Off to MBK for some lunch, I tried massage for the first time and then watched Skyscraper in the cinema. A movie well-fitted …

A rather uneventful flight back to Copenhagen, few of us got minutes to hours of sleep. Passport control had no queue but the luggage took some time. Goodbyes were said, hugs were given and everyone left for the trains except me and Mattias who had one flight left to Arlanda, …