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Here are some previous pics that I must share with you The bike riksha in Sang Arun Playing with the new bow and arrows.. Little brother  Bär med päls- Rambutans Axel The roads we travel Sweetheart Axel and me

Last week we went to Koh Tao, not the whole family, just Mathias and me. Mathias knew about the trip but not the fact that I had booked diving classes for him. He was happy to find out that he got to take the PADI Open Water Diver Certificate once we got there. I stayed Sunday through Wednesday just to relax, snorkle and see the island of Koh Tao. Ann and Arnold came down from Cha-Am to take care of Axel and Sten in our house here in Huay Yang. We are ever so grateful to have this opportunity of having babysitters so close in this far away part of the world! Mathias stayed until Sunday the 16th to do a few more dives and get the PADI Advanced Open Water. Now we are both home again. We stayed at Sensi Paradise, a bungalow resort right by the Mae Haad beach and Master Diver's office. You might see some of the bungalows hidden by the green in the far end of this picture... or not. The thai people are good at not spoiling their country's beauty through careful architectural plann...

The rain kept pouring down last week. We went shopping since there wasn't much else to do. An oreo-no-bake-cheesecake made our evenings a bit more fun. In the daytime we played cards "Finns i sjön" and tried out Axel's new RC-car. The rainy week was good for Sten who started eating more than just rice and välling(gruel). Friday was the first day we could take a trip down to the beach in almost one week. Here is a photo of the chok a k a "congee"-sales woman at the market. Chok is a bland rice porridge with a little chicken or pork broth , perfect for babies.  Spending time on the beach is just great! Axel runs around collecting whatever garbage that comes in his way and Sten is happy just throwing sand on mum or dad. We are still trying out different ways to keep the boys, especially the little one, happy. The last couple of days we have let Sten sleep in my baby carrier while driving to some distant beach and put him down to rest once we get ther...