The Russians are Coming
After Phuket we traveled to Chiang Mai, which is in northern Thailand and surrounded by mountains. Chiang Mai was an excellent stop and a place we wish we could’ve stayed longer.
Our first night there we walked from our hotel through the night markets, across the river, and to a restaurant called The Good View.
Beers are only $1 in Thailand and chicken curry is only a few more. Needless to say, it was a nice, inexpensive dinner overlooking the river.
About half way through our meal I looked up to the sky to see this huge orange light moving pretty fast. We started taking all these pictures because we thought it was a meteor or something. Then a few minutes went by and we saw six more and they were right on top of each other. We were freaking out a little not knowing what it was.
Jason finally turned around and asked a guy (who happened to be from Germany) what they were and he laughed at us, I mean really laughed at us. Apparently these were balloons of some sort that are lit on fire in order to make them float. Every year in November the Thai people celebrate the full moon and the coming dry season. This is part of that celebration.
Anyway in between bouts of laughter this guy said something like, “So did you think the Russians were coming?”
Well, yeah, something like that. Either that or the world was about to implode into a fiery mess.
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