Let me introduce myself;
My name is Lee Persson and I’m a full timer Koh Phanganer since October 10.
I’m a Swedish young woman at the age of 28.
I have been living here on and off in 2 separate times before.
First time I visited this island was during a backpacking trip I had in 2010 in South East Asia.
I started my backpacking in 2009.
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This chapter is going to be about coming back to the island, again.
I always get this nice feeling when I enter the dock in Thong Sala with the ferry.
A feeling of happiness and gratitude.
Always happy to be able to come back to an island like this.
Coming back also meant that I had a NEW house waiting for me when I arrived.
They recently finish building it so I’m the first one living there.
And I’m so glad that Brahm and Mae (from the Drum Jam) could help me out with this.
They are really nice people and good friends. So good that they are willing to be my neighbours.
Where I live is a 2 minute walk from Happy Beach in Sri Thanu. 5 minutes to Seven Eleven and around the corner of the Honey Pot
Moving into a new and clean house was gold for me.
Being the first one living there was even better.
But that also meant that the house didn’t have so much stuff in it.
Which meant – Shopping!!!I do love to have a nice place to stay, to feel at home and to feel comfortable.
Especially since I left my own country couple of months ago.
So for the last week since I arrived on the island, I’ve been spending most of my time at home fixing the house. Buying mattress, kitchen stuff, food, and other necessary stuff, decorating the porch, etc.
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I’ve also been relaxing, hanging out with my awesome neighbours, having nice massages on the beach (Happy beach is one of my favourites), awesome road trips and some nice swims at different beaches, working on my tan a bit and of course the DRUM JAM on Sundays at Sri Thanu.
Almost 2 weeks ago one of my best and closest friends Marcello arrived from Sweden. That’s also why I haven’t updated the blog in a while.
It’s been a fully booked schedule for me since he arrived.
It’s his first time in Asia and he loves it like a little child loves its lollypop.
I’m very happy that he is here and either we will be better friends than before (even if he is one of my closest ones since 12 years back)
He is going to stay in my house during the whole time I’m here, and when I leave, he is going to continue to take care of the house and my things and stay here for a long period of time, hopefully.
We also had 2 other Swedish friends from back home that came to visit.
A mutual friend of me and Marcello named Tommy Boy and his friend Oscar aka. Thor.
They stayed at our place for a week and experienced The Drum Jam, Pirates bar, The Jam, Jungle Experience and The Full moon party of course. The two guys left couple of days ago and they are going back to Sweden after 7 weeks of a backpacking trip in South East Asia.
And on top of that, I met my cousin’s daughter and her boyfriend while they were travelling. The last time I saw her was when she was 6 or 7 years old.
So around 14 years ago.
And it’s all thanks to Facebook we meet again, on a different continent!
I love Facebook for that, and that’s more or less why….
While all of them were here, Brahm and Mae also had 2 friends coming to visit.
We have been a big group of Swedes and Vancouver people for couple of weeks now, doing most things together.
Their friends Katie and Zach are 2 AMAZING people and on top of that,
Their friend Dale (also from Vancouver) came to visit them during the holiday season. It feels like a little community or a really big family.
I’m going away to Isla Mujeres and Cancun, Mexico for couple of weeks and will be doing an egg donation there.
And after that is done, I’ll be heading back here to Koh Phangan again.
While it’s still high season.
During the egg donation, everything is paid for.
Flights back and forward, accommodation, food money every day and I get paid after the donation.
I do something good for someone and help those who are not able to get a child themselves. I believe it’s giving me good karma points
I will write a different chapter about this in more detail, but if there is anyone out there who wants to know more about it or consider doing it yourself, please write a comment or give me an e-mail and I can tell you the info you need.
It’s a good way for me to get an income now in the beginning of my big move from Sweden and to be able to stay here but to be able to continue to travel at the same time. The plan is a road trip in The US and A in the summer!
It’s going to be nice to get back to Mexico again for the third time.
And like I’ve said before, I went there the first time with a friend of mine in 2009…
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I can celebrate a little bit in advance, but it looks like I’m going to be a member of the Jungle Experience Party Crew.
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