Christmas in Thailand Part III: With Friends

On Christmas Eve, my friends Heather and Kara came to Chiang Mai from Bangkok.  They are both working as missionaries there, and decided to come spend Christmas with me!

On Christmas day, we had a good breakfast out, and then drove to Doi Inthanon, the highest point in Thailand – around 8,500 feet.

Christmas lunch was a picnic at a waterfall on the way down the mountain… and the views were beautiful!

On Christmas evening we went to Scott and Julie’s house for a party with some of our students.

Carolers from church came by and sang a few songs for us.  In Thailand, carolling goes from 6 or 7pm into the wee hours of the morning!  The group goes to different houses and sings, then eats and talks for awhile before moving on to the next house.

It was a very different Christmas, but a good one!