Thai paradise

Koh Tao must be one of my favourite islands on the planet. After five days and nights of dancing on top of a hill at Experience festival, we rented bikes and drove through the jungle, looking for the most beautiful beaches and the best Thai massage. We found what we were searching for and it was good. Oh, how good it was! Letting an old Thai lady crack all the bones in my body while falling asleep and waking up feeling light as a feather. But looking like I just got run over by a truck. 

There is nothing a snorkel session can't fix, so me and my broken body decided to go for a mission: swim in the ocean every day of the new year. So far so good! I bought a pair of goggles and floated around the whole island. It was magical. I fell in love with fish so much the thought of getting one tattooed on my arm was crossing my mind. But then we found this gorgeous blue butterfly on the road. Love hit me hard and I felt like a confused teenager. I couldn't stop thinking about this amazing creature! Until we bumped into a bungalow with ocean view and called it our home. Watching the sunset from our balcony, while music played and new dance moves were invented. That's when I realised I'm madly in love with life. 

And I would be going back to the country of my dreams soon. Australia, I'm ready for more of your craziness and adventures. Your festivals, smiley people and ridiculously expensive everything. I will spend my money on road trips, wine in bags and wedding dresses. And sticky date pudding. Lemon meringue cake. Chocolate fountains filled with happiness. By the time I leave this place, I will be fat and I will be broke. And it will be worth it! Anyway, who cares if you end up poor? Isn't that the point of youth? ;)

A new year in hippie paradise

The last couple of weeks have been an absolute Thai madness. Chilling on different beaches every day, snorkeling and enjoying happy hour cocktails during sunset. Madness I tell you! We called the islands around Thailand our home. Koh Phangan was for christmas celebrations. The way there was bumpier than expected, with money that got stolen out of our bags and seasickness all over the place. But we found bungalows with hammocks and the local beach bar was our living room. We rented motor bikes and drove until the air tasted salty and birds sang sweet songs of freedom. 

Then, a little bit of awesome happened. After yet another seasick journey, we arrived on Koh Tao. An island filled with the cheeriest faces around. We camped on top of a hill with old and new friends from all over the world and a seemingly inexhaustabe supply of fresh coconuts and gin to celebrate the new year. We started 2014 on a festival so good it makes me weak at the knees just thinking about it. Experience festival was one big reunion of friends, family and jolly hippies sporting enormous beards. The dancefloor soon turned into a pool of dust, sunscreen and sweat. It wouldn't be Thailand if there wasn't a beautiful beach nearby where we could wash our dirty hippie bodies before covering them in fluorescent paint.