Hi,
The celebration of Loy Krathong continues, with lanterns floating into the sky and a variety of explosions keeping us on edge.
Congrats to all those who knew the 'Zany Day' tune right away. The last verse should help you if you didn't get it:
"I told that girl I can start right away. And she said, 'Listen baby I got something to say. I got no car and it's breaking my heart. But I've found a driver and that's a start'. Baby you can __ __ __....." Hint: I think it should be obvious by now.
Last night, after our visit to the river, the rain finally stopped and things just picked up where they left off. The lanterns, the fireworks, and the noise. The full moon got a chance to shine through the clouds from time to time and the party didn't end until midnight. There were still occasional bursts of noise at odd hours, like 4am.
This morning we had 3 lantern carcasses in our yard. It's so sad, they begin as white crisp paper and end up as gray, soggy messes. They are soggy because the morning dew soaks right through the rice paper. Of course, the ground was quite wet from the rain and that didn't help. Some end up in trees, others on roof-tops. In Chiang Mai they had to close the airport because of the mass of lanterns floating over the city. Here in Chiang Rai, Thai Airways changed the flight path of their one evening flight to avoid the lanterns. I didn't take this photo, but it's probably from Chiang Mai. Pretty intense example of what happens.
We went by Bliss Studio to pick up a photo from Chalit and had a cool visit. He mentioned that we might have trouble parking near the coffee shop we were going to next. There was something happening and the area was busy. When we got there one of the parades was being lined up and we had to detour. We ended up at Doi Chaang, had coffee and a visit with our friend Kwan. On the way home we encountered another parade that was about to start just beyond the Clock Tower. Another detour and quickly home before we found another parade. Some of the floats were amazing looking, but we couldn't get close enough for photos.
We have a busy weekend coming up and we found out today that we can check one thing off of our list. As curator of Lisa's exhibit, Khun Jaffee is going to go to Bangkok and take down the show and pack it up. We were going to fly down on Monday, undo the show and fly back on the same day. It was not something we were looking forward to doing. Now we can breathe easy.
I'll leave you with a sign that we saw while driving around town. Many artists make up names for themselves, but this one is special. It's all in the spelling, and it had us laughing for blocks. Somebody has been studying Western ways.
Have a Thrilling Thursday.
Peace,
Danny
"Seek opportunities to show you care. The smallest gestures often make the biggest difference.
~John R. Wooden
Gettin' Funky, Thai Style
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