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I'm home!
actually ive been home for a while now
I was planning on coming home on the 14th of April and I wasnt going to tell anyone and i was going to wait for my mom at arrivals because she was going to Toronto to visit my sister.
I told a couple close friends and of course almost everyone ended up finding out.
While hanging out at my friends place I decided that although it was amazing there and the beach was wonderful i decided to see if i could make it back a bit early.
I changed my flight for $15 dollars and was heading home on the 9th.
I took an overnight bus back to Bangkok and spent one night there before flying out.
The day i was set to leave i decided that i couldnt stand that city any longer so i left for the airport 5 hours early. While waiting in line to see if i could drop my bag early they asked if i was travelling alone at the baggage check. I said yes and he asked if he could move me to an earlier flight because the one i was supposed to take later would be delayed and i would miss my stopover in Hong Kong. I said of course and i got a security escort right through the airport all the way to my seat on the plane. We took off a few min later and everything was great.
I hung out in Hong Kong airport for 4 hours and then hopped on a plane again had some dinner and then fell asleep. when I woke up i think i was somewhere over Alaska so I slept mostly the whole flight. After some breakfast is was a couple hours and then we landed in Vancouver.
As we came into the city we did a big loop around and it amazed me. So many lights and everything was so clean and organized.
It felt so amazing to be home, i literally couldnt stand still while i had to wait in the line for customs and what not.
When i stepped outside i forgot how nice and clean the air was.
i took the skytrain home and then a taxi from the station to a couple blocks away from my house and then walked the rest of the way.
I went to the front door and rang the doorbell and my surprised parents greeted me.
The next few days were spent going around to all my close friends houses and surprising them because no one knew i was in the country!

Even though im home and it feels amazing i will keep updating with videos and memories and other little things that i find interesting.

Thanks for following, its meant so much to me to know that while i was gone there was people at home who put the effort in to keep up with what i was doing.

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