Prayer Lanterns

As we were in the back of the Tuk Tuk driving to Patong beach for New Years, we saw tons of lights in the sky and we couldn't figure out what it was until we got on the beach and saw that they were paper prayer lanterns. There must have been close to 500 of them in the air, it was really cool to see. Some even had fireworks on the end to help them gain altitude.

Thailand: Matt and Maud's Wedding

January 26th 2006
After Paris I headed for Thailand. It was a huge shock leaving in snow and arriving in 80 degree humidity. For the next ten days we traveled around Bangkok, flew to Phuket Island for New Years, spent a lot of time at the beach, experienced native customs, spent two nights in the nicest hotel I have ever seen, attended both a westernized wedding for Matt and Maud in Phuket and then a Buddhist wed ... read more

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more

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