On a recent trip to Koh Samui Thailand, we had a barbecue seafood dinner on the beach at our hotel.  After dinner, the staff was kind enough to get a few sky lanterns. We could light them off and make a wish.  Making the lantern float away was surprisingly harder than I imagined. It was difficult to have a candle emit enough hot air.  We decided to have a lantern for each couple. There were three couples on the trip. As the saying goes, if the lantern fails to float away, it means the couple will break up.  Luckily, the hotel staff and a very persistent member of our group helped us. All the lanterns flew away safely. I imagine they made it all the way to Cambodia.

Canon 7D | Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 | 28mm | f/2.8 | 1/60th | ISO400