We made a point to be back in Bangkok on the King’s Birthday, Dec 5^th.  The Thai love their king, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, also known as Rama IX. He is the world’s longest-serving current head of state and the longest-reigning monarch in Thai history. He has ruled fairly and with integrity for 66 years.  He is now old, but was able to make an appearance, which evoked a lot of emotion from almost everyone.  The celebration downtown near the Royal Palace was pretty incredible. Yellow is the King’s color so as you can imagine yellow was EVERYWHERE. Even Rebekah and Levi wore yellow shirts in his honor. Besides all the street vendors hawking their wares, the unending line of food vendors selling the most delicious Thai fare, and all of the lanterns, lights, music and shows, our favorite part of the evening was the crazy tuk-tuk ride back to the sky-train from the Palace. When in Bangkok, do as the Thai do.