New Year's Eve...in thailand

This week was the first time on this trip we didn't have internet access...and it was great. Lauren and I just got back from Chiang Dao and are getting ready to decend back to Bangkok. It's been an amazing week filled with some serious ups and downs, but mostly tons of fun and relaxation...i'll backtrack.

New Year's Eve in Thailand. We didn't know what to expect, but there was supposed to be a ton of fireworks...and that there were. Lauren and I got all geared up after a fun day and facials, trying to look pretty for once in our dark dank hotel room. Me with my new jeans (i was VERY excited to wear jeans again) and lauren with her very cute hilltribe dress. It's hard to feel presentable when traveling and you have 1 outfit for cool weather. So we just hit the street heading to where the big celebration was, it was great. They set off paper lanterns on fire every night here, but on new years it looked like there were orange stars all night long! It was so amazing, and yes, a huge fire hazard...and yes, we did see one hit a power line! but hey, it's asia...whatcha gonna do? That's what we always say anyway.

But anyway, it was beautiful. So we decided to grab our favorite street waffles and walk along the top of the moat wall since you could only do it that night. Then we wandered in and out of bars, where i was told i looked like Lindsey Lohan by this middle-aged thai woman...right! That was too funny. Oh, i forgot to mention, we bought tierras earlier in the day and they ended up being a huge hit. All the thais just loved it and it just made the street party seem that much friendlier. So right, wandering around going to bars...about to head to the center of the crowd to watch the fireworks...then we heard about Bangkok. 7 bombs. Bangkoks celebration was canceled. We were a little freiked out and had NO desire to be in any sort of crowd. We decided to call our boyfriends and tell them we were okay and then ran quickly through the crowd and headed to a bar across the street to watch the fireworks, they were really amazing. It ended up being a really fun night and pretty bizarre, as everything always seems to be on this trip. The terrorist scare was pretty crappy, but nothing ended up being a problem so no worries. Apparently there was a bomb found in Chiang Mai at the one Mosque here, but it was diffused. What's wrong with this world..really? Stupid terrorists.

The next morning was rough, we had to check out early. We caught train to Chiang Dao expecting greatness...that we found.