I apologize for the long absence - I'm actually writing this entry on my flight home right now.
Here's a quick breakdown of how I've spent my last few weeks:
- Diving in Koh Tao, highlights of which included seeing blue-spotted stingrays and moray eels, and kayaking through a torrential downpour
- Meeting someone whom I've spent the last two weeks with - and since most of this time was spent doing mundane things like shopping and eating, there hasn't been much to update you about
- Trying - unsuccessfully - to get a standby flight back home before finally giving in and buying another flight, thus extending my stay in Bangkok by a full week (hence the reason I've spent so much time at the mall)
So, although the last few weeks have been largely anti-climatic, this trip itself has been incredibly life-changing for me, opening my eyes to new cultures and experiences, and - although I know it sounds trite - teaching me plenty about myself.
Things I will miss most about Thailand:
- $6 massages
- 7-11's
- The lizards that climb all over the walls
- 30 baht ($1) mango smoothies
- Taking your shoes off everywhere you go
- Shopping
- Haggling
- Having to flush the toilet using a pail of water
- The creativity that goes into the Buddhist offerings here
- The incredibly diverse landscape
- The way everyone sounds like they're singing when they talk
- The people themselves
As good as it feels to finally be on my way home, I'm really going to miss this place.
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