At a time when most people are celebrating the season with family and friends we are on the road less traveled.  Since we miss everyone so much and didn’t want to be alone over the holidays we felt it was time to make some new best friends to celebrate with.  Don’t worry we aren’t exchanging them for anyone, we are just adding to the family.  The danger and adventure of meeting new friends can in itself be worth the risk of leaning across to give someone a peck on the cheek or quick belly rub just so they know you care.  

his lips were so soft

We only hope in return that our new friends don’t get bored with us too quickly.  A yawn during deep conversation is usually the first sign of trouble in a relationship.  It didn’t deter us, we just kept trying to get their attention.

jaw dropping for both of us

Then after our long day our new friends were kind enough to give us a ride home, I mean it is the holidays, so any time you can bum a ride after a few drinks we highly recommend it.

It never hurts to feed your driver

And it was the least they could do after we cleaned them up, some friends have no manners.

Clean as a whistle…until Myana pooped in the water. Nice!

They didn’t even feed us so we had to make our own dinner; it didn’t taste good and was expensive.  We should stick to our record breaking $3.80 Thai lunch that included two entrees and a bottle of water which was delicious.

On a side note, a self inflicted injury is the first travel related injury of the trip.  Waking up out of a deep sleep to pee I walked right into the corner of the wall, to make matters worse and I wasn’t even drinking so it hurt.  A small cut on the forehead might end up being my travel tattoo that will remind me what it feels like to move hotels every three nights and forget where you are staying.

Ouch!!! At least there was a ton of holiday cheer all around us!

For more photos of our buddies..click here: – Chiang Mai