After two months on Koh Jum, I had made some acquaintances and friendships and got an offer from Sao, a cheerful and open-minded woman, to move into her parents' vacant house. It is located in the middle of Ban Ting Rai (one of the three villages on the island) and I agreed without having seen the house from the inside. When I first entered the Blue House (named after its blue roof), I was amazed by its size...and I was quite happy that Liz, a friend from Würzburg who also started her journey, had announced her visit for the next few days.