April 21st, 2020 (pt.1)
Wow, remember that time I said I wouldn't procrastinate on this? Me neither, apparently. It's been over four months since the last time I updated this, and things have gone crazy in so many ways since then- both good and bad. In my defense, I was planning on updating this on February 23rd, but that didn't happen for whatever reason and I can't recall why. I remember getting incredibly sick with a stomach bug somewhere in that general time frame, so I'll blame it on that. I have a list of things that I did, and I believe I left off on my last entry with Christmas. So I'll start there. My first host family took me to Koh Chang for the new year. Koh Chang, which translates to Elephant Island, is an island near Trat (about two hours southeast of Chanthaburi) and is a popular tourist spot. I had the amazing opportunity to spend the new year snorkeling in tropical waters, with colorful fish and beautiful scenery that looked like something out of a movie. I neve...