Pontus goes Bingo again



Pontus still needs to take a lot of pictues every week for his photo courses. And since we are his good friends, we agreed to help him out this week. We actually got access to one of the constructions areas here at campus, and had a really good time climbing around ladders and concrete thingis.

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The week that passed...

The week that passed I´ve been really busy posting all the photos from the trip, but that doesn´t mean that our life down here stopped. It´s has been kind of a fun week actually. Even though I´ve been sick and forbidden to exercise and drink alcohol. So what have I been up to?

♥ The interior design fair, which sadly turned out to be a huge disappointment. Went there by myself, feeling very sick, and got off at the wrong MRT station. The fair was so tiny, really a waste of time. At least got to drink a really nice cup of cappuccino & a super delicious cheesecake. A Swedish “fika” and a really good one.


♥ I´ve eaten a lot of sushi this week. Had sushi with Annelie on Sunday, forgot to call Maggie, so I ended up going to Boon Lay for sushi to days in a row. But I´m not complaining about that at all, sushi is so yum! Saw a film at the cinema after sushi dinner #2, Eagle eye. I really miss hanging out in my sofa back in Luleå, watching movies and eating pizza on Sundays with the gang.

♥ We´ve also spent a lot of time doing our homework and attending classes. We´ve spent even more time being anxious about school and trying to be efficient but failing brutally. Yesterday we spent all day trying to maneuver this financial computer program online, but it continued kicking us out.


♥ We had a true halleluleja moment one night after staff club (the campus pub), we found a 24h supermarket. All the late nights being really hungry has finally come to an end. Adam even sung “En helt ny värld” from Aladdin when we entered the store, that gave me goose bumps.


♥ I´ve watched a presidential debate with Max and Nate. It was actually really interesting, but I had to keep my mouth shot for almost two hours, which was a bit of a challenge. Talking is really my favorite thing to do :) Me and Max have been working on a prank and we got Nate so hard the other night, he totally freaked out!


♥ Another thing that we´ve been doing is being angry with the weather down here. It´s always sunny and lovely weather when we´re in school. But as soon as we have some time off, it´s always raining like never before. We had no lessons Thursday and waited all day for some sun so that we could go to the pool. Did we get any? No! Bloody raining all day. On Friday when we once again was stuck in school the whole day the sky was clear and blue and the sun was shining. Why god, why? I haven´t been in my bikini one single minute since we got back from Thai.


♥ Last night we all went out to Zouk. The preparty was really good, no wonder Swedes have a bad reputation when it comes to drinking alcohol…






Last pics from Thailand :)


My ponytail is the same colour as the horse´s :)









Me and Pontus had the best time horse back riding and riding the scooter...




We all became scooter nerds, but it really was so much fun!


Kata beach



Pontus did some surfing, and stood up on the first try, I´m proud like a mother :)



Our bungaloooow



Last dinner in Thailand, Patong

You really need to check out Pontus and Eriks bloggs as well for more pics and travelstories...

Just click on their names below...

PONTUS
ERIK

Phuket, Kata beach





Phi Phi


The loveley boatride from Rai Leh to Phi phi, we all got a bit roasted though...



Me and Annelie on a romantic dinner of our own...

We actually didn´t do much on Phi phi, we only stayed 2 nights and since we went out on the first, the second day&night was a bit lame and lazy.


Climbing like a rockstar

We did some rock climbing at Rai Leh. Had no idea that climbing was a part of the plan for the day, if I had, I would have choosen a different outfit. Climbing in a short dress and flipflops, was not the best experience ever. But hey, I´ve heard " It´s all about the looks", right...


A big tree, in deed!



”At the lagoon”

This is the part when it all got a bit surreal. The four of us (me, Annelie, Erik & Max), walked around the lagoon for a while, checking out a really cool cave where someone´s possibly living. Crossing the water on our way back, we met Rob from Canada. Nothing weird about that more that he climbed all the way by himself. After all the usual greetings (where u from/where u been) etc. we all ended up sitting in a perfect circle in the very middle of the lagoon. Surrounded by 90° vertical stone walls, we ended up discussing WW2. I´ve no idea how we got in to it, but the argumentation got a bit intense when they (Rob&Max) accused us (the Swedes) for being cowards during the war. We stopped the discussion before anyone’s feelings got hurt. But still, it was such a weird experience being full of adrenaline from the climbing, the peacefulness of the well hidden lagoon and us sitting in a circle in the middle of the thing arguing about something that happened so many years ago.

When we got out of the water, Rob rolled some Indonesian palm tree smokes, and peace was reestablished.
The way back was so exciting; you could see the beautiful beach stretching out below. The climbing down was actually almost as fun as climbing up. I felt like a river floating down the mountain, in the spring, when the snow is melting…



The view we had while climbing down...









Rai Leh beach - partytime





♥ Erik
♥ Erik, A girl from Israel and me
♥ Rob from Canada and my darling
♥ Me and a Swedish girl
♥ Smokin
♥ On the way to the reggae bar
♥ Legally blonde
♥ Live thai boxing

Rai Leh beach

My computer and photoshop refuses to co-operate, so here comes some plain pictures from superbeautiful Rai Leh beach...



Accomodation...





cool cliff







Bros!



Sunset...




and breakfast...


Krabi town and some heavy luggage

After some wonderful days in KL we all flew to Krabi and the small peninsula Rai Leh. I don´t really know what I was thinking when I did my packing, probably nothing at all, because when we came to Krabi I carried some serious overweight. Max was heading in to Krabi town anyway to send a gift for a girl back home, so I followed him. Five kilos and 500 SEK later I felt so ready for the beautiful beaches of Rai Leh...

Some photos of Krabi town. Note all the wires, crazy!

Det kostar att ligga på topp

Livet som rockstjärna är inte alltid lätt. Det är fredagkväll och jag sitter hemma och tycker synd om mig själv. Alla de andra är ute och gör Singapore osäkert. Sjuk som attan och täckt med blåmärken och sönderkliade myggbett. Blåmärke på låret från bodyboarden, blåmärke på vaden från ridningen, då jag bara hade ankelhöga boots. Så här sitter jag, knaprar piller och väntar på att må bättre. Har precis köpt ett headset så dagens nöje har varit att prata med vännerna hemma på skype. Är det någon som vill prata med mig så adda mig: anna_lantz1
Mår jag lite bättre om några dagar så kanske till och med webcamen kan komma på tal :)



Jag vill verkligen bli frisk nog så att jag kan åka in och kolla in den här inredningsmässan som går av stapeln nu i helgen. Har sett fram emot den länge nu. Måste ju utnyttja att man bor i storstad och inte lilla Lule...



Har nog minsann en liten släng av hemlängtan idag...
Så, en megasuperstor kram till er alla där hemma ♥









Monorail is the shit



In Singapore we have the MRT, but in KL they have a MONORAIL. Yay, exactly like the one they build in an Simpson episode. I was really fascinated and excited about the monorail, and when the time finally came for us to ride it, we couldn´t find a station. We asked some guys and they ended up walking us there. Only problem was that it was a 30 minute walk and they could barely say a word in English. On top of that the station was located almost on the spot that we were staying at. I really wanted to ride it, so we ended up going all the way in one direction, and then we just got back the same way. I smiled the whole time and took A LOT of pictures.


The Monorail station close to our homestay...

After dawn...

Me and Annelie didn´t really explore the night life of KL. After running round the city all days we were kind of tired. Had a couple of really nice dinners though. With wine, damn I miss red wine so much here in Singapore. It´s too f-ing expensive with wine here. Met up with Max, he was supposed to go to Bali and surf, but the waves would have killed him, so he tagged along with us instead. Which actually turned out to be much less safer than he expected. Erik came from Tioman, so all four of us headed to Krabi together.










Behind the malls...







The "must see" when you´re in KL



Alright, been there done that :)

The first pics are up

Just scroll down...



Update: More pictures below ↓

"Hemma" igen

Då var man nyss hemkommen... Vilken resa, kan inte fatta hur mycket vi har upplevt på 12 dagar. Så mycket upplevelser!

Sista dagarna i Phuket var hur bra som helst, även om vädergudarna svek oss. På söndagen när vi kom så spöregnade det hela dagen, så vi passar på att chilla och umgås med grabbsen. Framåt kvällen kollade vi in beachen (Kata beach). Vågorna var så höga att vi inte kunde låta bli att hoppa i trots det dåliga vädret. Vi hyrde bodyboards och fick en känsla för hur fruktansvärt mycket kraft det kan vara i havet. Ibland kom man inte ut pga av de starka strömmarna och höga vågorna. Jag och Annelie kunde verkligen inte sluta skratta när vi drogs med av vågorna och kunde cruisa i dem i 50-60m. Vilken känsla! Man ligger platt på mage på en bodyboard så det var inte så svårt, när man väl lärt sig att tajma, det vill säga. Jag och Annelie avslutade kvällen med en timmes thaimassage. Lovely, och pinsamt billigt, 40 riksdaler...

Dag två hyrde jag och Pontus en vespa för att ta oss till ett turridningsställe. Var ute på en tvåtimmarstur med Australienska hästar och en guide. Helt underbart att galoppera snabbt som blixten på stranden. Då det var så högt vatten (high tide), fick hästarna ibland simma för att ta sig fram. Jag var i himmelriket. Kan inte fatta hur mycket jag saknat att rida. På vägen tillbaka åkte vi runt och spanade omgivningarna. Hamnade uppe på ett berg med en helt magnifik utsikt, och en soft rastarestaurang där de spelade Manu Chao. Riktigt, riktigt skoj att åka och köra vespa även om trafiken ibland var lite väl kaotisk.

På kvällen hyrde även Annelie och Erik vespor och vi körde allihopa in till Patong, den turistiga delen av Phuket. Vi åt en god middag och spanade in en kvällsmarknad. Höll oss borta från bar och sexdistriktet, vilket jag är glad för. Återigen, så sjukt skoj att bränna runt på en moppe som går undan som bara den. Jag åkte bak på Pebe och kunde inte sluta le :)

Kommer komma massa inlägg så småningom, har hur mycket som helst att visa...
Men nu måste vi börja läsa till vår exam i financial management som vi har på fredag. Jag kommer säkert att lägga upp lite bilder senare under dagen.

Massa kärlek tills dess!








Welcome to Paradize

Thailand ar minsann inte dumt alls. Vi ar nu i Krabi, Riley beach och har det hur bra som helst. Naturen har ar det sjukaste jag sett, for att inte tala om stranderna. Sitter pa ett seeegt internet sa det blir bara en snabb update.. Summan av kardemumman: Vi mar som prinsessor. Aker till Phi Phi imorgon bitti...

Massa kramar till er darhemma..

Vi har tagit maaaaangder med bilder sa nar vi kommer tillbaka till Sing sa kommer jag att bombardera er :)


Update:

Vi har nu akt vidare och befinner oss pa Phi Phi. Batresan hit var helt underbar. Satt framme i foren och glassade i tva timmar. Vi ar lite branda nu, men det var det vart for det var magiskt med alla vackra klippiga oar och det bla vattnet...

Karlek till er darhemma ♥


Update:

Nu har vi precis kommit till Phuket. Regnet oser ner, sa jag passar pa att ge mig till kanna har :)
Resan borjar ga mot sitt slut vilket ar deppigt, trivs verkligen med att bo i min ryggsack och ta dagen som den kommer. Hart plugg som vantar nar vi kommer tillbaka pa tisdag.

Mangder med kramar ♥







Shopping mecka...

I think we died on our way over here, and God was in a good mood and send us to this shopping heaven :)

Kuala Lumpur is really the best place to be, if you like cheap shopping. Me and babe are having the best time here. Went shopping for the entire day, yesterday. Ended the night with a really late dinner at the Libanese place again, damn their food is sooo good. Smoked some waterpipe when we were ready, cosy indeed..




We've been taken loads of photos, have lots to show you guys later!

Lots of love to you all ♥
How's Sweden btw? Is it 35 degrees and you're out everyday drinking beers, and working on your tan?









Kuala Lumpur

Jeeeeej!

Vi har redan avvikit fran reseplanen...
Sent i torsdags innan vi skulle lagga oss, sa kom vi pa att damn it, varfor ska vi tillbaka till Tioman?
Grabbsen kommer ju att ha dykkurs hela dagen och vi missade KL nar de var dar for nagra veckor sedan. Sa lite lagom impulsivt hoppade vi pa en buss till KL igar eftermiddag.

Det gar faktiskt valdigt bra nar vi ar ute och aventyrar pa egen hand, jag och darlingen. Igar var forsta gangen vi var lite kloddiga. Vi slutade var lektion vid ett och sprang hem for att hamta ryggorna, hoppade pa bussen och pustade ut. Det var nog varmaste dagen so far i Sing igar. Sadar mysigt att kanka sprangfyllda ryggsackar...
Nar vi akt nagra hallplatser borjar jag prata om sadana dar fodral man kan ha till sina pass. Nar jag sa pass, fros Annelie till is i den 100gradiga bussvarmen. Japps, det var bara att hoppa av bussen :)

Jag vaktade grejerna och Annelie kutade hem. Sittande dar vantandes, upptackte jag att jag inte fatt med mig min alskade Ipod. Ringde Annelie men det plingade i vaskan bredvid mig... Fick vanta pa att hon kom tillbaka och sen var det min tur att springa tillbaka till boendet. Nu hade det gatt ganska lang tid sa vi insag att buss till Boon Lay och sen MRT till en okand adress inte langre hanns med. In i en Taxi!
Bussresan fran Singapore till Kuala Lumpur var nog det mest avslappnade och rofyllda vi gjort sen vi kom hit.
Otroligt skona saten och inte mycket folk pa bussen. Forsta timmarna sa vi ingenting, lyssnade pa musik, annelie sov sa sott som bara hon kan och jag hade flera timmars ostort tankande. Min favorit. Har dock borjat filosofera pa engelska. Konstigt. Kan ju inte ens alla ord jag vill tanka pa, men aven om jag forsoker tanka pa svenska sa kommer jag pa mig sjalv lite senare med snablars engelska i skallen igen. Hur som helst hade vi det riktigt mysigt. Efter pitstop nummer tva dar jag nastan gjorde som "the male models in Zoolander", blev vi lite pratigare. Drog det spirituella till sin spets och lyssnade pa Di Leva - Du och jag ar miraklet har...

Kom fram till KL strax innan elva igar kvall. Fick tips av var taxichauffor att bo pa Pujungga homestay. Valdigt mysigt litet gasthus mitt i stan. Gillar det verkligen har. Enda smolket i bagaren ar att jag igar var tvungen att doda min forsta kackerlacka. Med min kara conversesko! Skrek som fan nar den splaschades mot golvet och spydde nastan nar jag skulle plocka bort den, rakade vanda pa den och sag hela innandomet. Blaaark!


Vandrade runt i stan igarnatt. Ser mycket lovande ut. Vi at middag pa en libanesisk restaurang. Hur gott som helst! Blir nog ett aterbesok... Chinatown var tyvarr stangt nar vi val hittade dit, men vi sprang pa en stor seconhandmarknad nar vi letade. Kopte ett par svarta herrchinos for 5 ringgit, vilket motsvarar tio svenska riksdaler, pa en hoft sadar. Sa nu ska jag bli chic chic chic :)

Den langa dagen avslutades med fotmassage klockan tva pa natten, extreeemt avslappnande och lite ajaj!
Nu ar det en ny dag, vi har precis atit frukost och ska gora stans enorma shoppingkomplex osakra. Forsta stoppet ar Times Square, de har ett stort nojesfalt inne i gallerian har vi hort. Kommer bli fett! Googla pa det om ni kanner er nyfikna.



Mycket text och lite bilder :)

Massa karlek till er darhemma,
Nu har halva tiden i skolan gatt...



















Bye bye Singapore

Finally, we´re ready with all the mid-term exams and assignments. Leaving Singapore tomorrow (Friday), and won´t be back until Tuesday 30th.



The trip as we planned it. But I have a feeling that we won´t stick to it :)



Have nice twelve days guys!
Still missing you all...
Lots and lots of love ♥









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