Until next time, Thailand!

I write this in my last ten minutes before I leave Thailand to go back to Korea. At 9am, I will take a taxi to Thammachat Pier, where I will then take a ferry to Trat province. From there I will get on a minibus at 11am and take the five hour trip back to Bangkok. I've had a relaxing time, which is what I set out to do. I didn't expect Koh Chang to be the same place it was back in 2000 when I first visited, but I didn't expect the changes to be so shocking. It is completely developed, and commercialism is everywhere. And the people are not quite as nice as I remember. Perhaps that's what happens when people become set on making a profit. I don't know that I will visit Koh Chang again, but I will certainly be going back to Chiang Mai one day soon, my home of one year. The funny thing is, and I guess this should come as no surprise, but the second I stepped foot back in Thailand, it felt like I had never left.