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After the second birthday cake of the year, the one for my birthday, we had no plans. We could go to Bangkok or south to Hua Hin or Huay Yang. Mathias wanted to take Axel diving or snorkeling, so we decided to go to Koh Tao. Could be fun showing the kids where mom and dad had been so many times. Took an early ferry Friday, a day with no wind (1m/s). The Lompraya pier in Chumpon Since decision was made quite hastily, we had an interesting journey to Chumpon. First one taxi to Huay Yang where we planned to have dinner at Maew's, but Maew's was closed. She was there since they have a shop which was open.  However, they don't serve food. She has lost a lot of weight and seem to be really sick, so I guess that is why. We had to eat so we went on to "Blå stolarna". A little tricky since they don't speak much English. Mathias got a ride with the nearby hairdresser back to Maew's to wait for the taxi driver. I ate with the kids in the meantime. No taxi came ...

Nearby where Ann and Arnold live, there is a shopping center combined with amusement park size S. It is made up of white houses with blue details to imitate the Greek island Santorini. Neither the shopping or the attractions are anything thrilling, but well enough worth a day's strolling with boys our age. We could even have done some shopping in between but decided to focus on letting the boys go on some rides. First, just wanted to show how Axel starts his day. Boys got hair protection covers before going on the bumper car ride. Bumper cars Bubbles in water. Looked extremely fun, until Axel and Sten got out and told me they had headaches and nearly fainted since they almost were out of air after a few minutes. Axel was too big so Sten went by himself. Robots fight. Do you notice anything odd in this photo? They had great icecream too- this size would be about right. 

Finally- the new year was here and starting with another celebration: Axel turned 10 years.