Chinese New Year

P'Mew invited a bunch of us up to her village to celebrate the Lahu/Chinese New year. She is Karen (which is a type of tribe/village here) but she is married to a guy who is Lahu (also a tribe, a little different to Karen). So It was the New Year in February and Mew invited us up to eat and join in the festivities. It was neat to see how they ring in the new year. In the photos you will see a group shot of all of us farangs and a few thais. All of the farangs work at BNJ, the thai girls are P'Mew, my friend Ae and our accountant at BNJ, Kak. The First photo is me and others dancing....later on a pig head came out as a sacrificial offering...kinda freaked me out. I prayed a lot! The second photo is of me and Bethany and Stephanie. Bethany lived in my house with me for a while and then when Esther left she moved into the girls house to help Susie out. She is moved back to Australia a week ago! It was a sad goodbye. The next goodbye I will have to say to is to Stephanie. However it won't be as hard as she is from a town really close to where I am from! So I will get to see her again! The third photo is of me and Anna my new housemate. She is from Washington and is teaching at FLC (the international school here in Chiang Rai). She will be here until June when school is out.