Long awaited update (May 3)

It’s been a while since my last update, things got really busy after my trip to three countries. To quickly summarize, my time in Vietnam, Singapore, and Indonesia was very successful and I had a great time. Soon after that my mom and brother came all the way here to visit for a little more than a week. We had a great time exploring temples, markets, interacting with elephants, swimming, and much more. It was definitely one of the best times of the whole trip. Although I have been having such great times, everything is going so fast. Too fast.  So fast that I am no longer at my apartment. The semester has ended, I took my finals, and I moved out:( a lot of people left today to go home and others are staying to further travel with friends and family across Southeast Asia. I can’t bel that the semester has ended and it’s over. It seems like yesterday I was planning to come here, now I’m planning to leave. Seems like traveling always ends up this way and things go by too fast when you don’t want them to. I am now in another Airbnb apartment. Took some trouble finding it but I am here. The next few days I will enjoy in Chiang Mai and end the entire trip here. I plan on getting my hair braided, see the markets for the last time, and get my sak yant yantra tattoo by the monk in a spiritual ceremony on the last day I am in Thailand. Great way to end the trip and have something sentimental yet powerful for the rest of my life to remember my time here. I moved everything out today and it didn’t take that long. The area I am in now is very residential and in the middle of a local neighborhood. It’s peaceful and I’m happy to end things this way. I am going to sleep now so I can wake up early tomorrow and enjoy my last days here. Definitely going to enjoy every minute, just like I have done since January!