Happy New Year!

So I hate to disappoint you guys but this blog entry is probably going to be the least exciting one.  The last 3 days we have not done much and it has been really nice! Since we got to Thailand we have been on the go so much so just to have a few days to relax was great.   Sunday was James and Emmy’s last day here.  We took a taxi up to our new hotel, which was pretty far away.  The hotel we stayed at was a nature hotel.  It was beautiful and unlike any other.  We stayed in a house with a big deck and for the majority of the day we just talked and read outside.  We had some great laughs and I would have to say it was a great way to end our adventure with James and Emmy.  They left at 8:30PM and before they left we ordered pizza to be delivered from PIZZA HUT hahaha.  Could we be more American? The phone number for pizza hut here is the same in the entire country 1150! So funny.  The funniest part is when they delivered the pizza they gave us about 50 packets of ketchup.  Not sure if that is a Thai thing or what but we did not use one of them.  Monday was our lazy day. We went to our new hotel in Chiang Mai and rested for a while.  I blogged a bit and then we went to lunch at our favorite place in Chiang Mai, Sticky Rice Café.  We ended be there for a couple hours and chatting with the owners.  One of the owners does a little photography so of course, Casey was chatting him up about cameras.  They were such nice people. The food there was excellent as well. 

New Year’s Eve was pretty great here.  The pictures and my words can’t quite describe how cool it all was.  There were lanterns everywhere! We let one go, which was amazing!! Check off the bucket list.  We sat by the canal for a while watching all the lanterns and the fireworks.  Thai people know how to party! The hotel we were staying in put us on the 8^th floor and we decided to go back before midnight and I am so glad we did.  We had the most amazing view! There were so many fireworks in every direction, I didn’t know where to look first.  I have never seen anything like it.  Along with the lanterns, it was so beautiful! Great way to end 2013.  We are now off to Krabi and the islands to have some beach time! Happy new year everyone!!!

Love you all!