December update

Happy Holidays!

This was the first Christmas ever with me not being with family and friends. It was very difficult in the beginning but I made it through and made the best of the holiday.

I just returned from Thailand where I had an amazing time. I went to visit another Peace Corps volunteer in Thailand. Porscha and I went to Cal together. I had an amazing time and she was a really good host. The first day I arrived in Bangkok and we spent two days there hanging around in the mall. We went to the movies, bowling, aquarium, Kousan road, Grand Palace, museums, reclining Buddah, resturants and much more. Remind you all I was only in Bangkok for two days. We filled those days with so much. I was so exhausted by the end of the day but the trip was well worth it.

Things I didnt know when traveling was that countries have the choice on which currencies they will convert and of course I couldnt convert my Moroccan Dirhams into Thai Baht. I never known that currency places had that option. It was kinda funny to me. Then of course something else had to happen. I started using my bank card and then Bank of America blocked my account because I forgot to inform them of my travels. All that was resolved and I was able to get a little bit of money.

After Bangkok we went to Elephant Island (Koh Chang) for three days and that was equally as amazing as Bangkok if not better. Beautiful white sand beach! We took a ferry to our Island and once there we had Thai food at an amazing resturant and chilled out on the beach. The next days were filled with relaxing on the beach, eating, drinking, pedicures, massages, elephant trek, hang gliding, swimming pools, fire throwers, dinner on the beach sand and much more.

Thailand is a totally different place than Morocco and I enjoyed myself a ton. Came back to Morocco and spent Christmas with the people in my province and we made homemade nachos and eggnog and just chilled!

New Years is supposedly a camel trek and I am definitely looking forward to that. New Years Eve camel trek with some PCVs should be extra fun!! HAPPY NEW YEARS TO EVERYONE!