My Magical Place

I have been waiting a long time for this.....

I will finally be traveling to place I have been dreaming about for 10+ years. THAILAND! 
It all started with a picture I found 10 years ago in a doctors office. It was of a floating lantern festival and from that moment on I knew I just had to get there.  I cannot even begin to tell you how much research I have done over the years on this. I am seriously beyond excited as this is one of my biggest dreams coming true. I have read anything and everything about traveling there and I have actually cried several times while doing research.....happy tears of course, while looking at pictures of the people, the land, food, beaches, temples.... you name it. I may not know Thai or anyone who lives there, but there is something about this place that I connect with. Something that is so indescribable about a place that I have never been, but I strongly feel the need to be there. I can just say that this trip could have not come at a better time! Perfect timing, but most importantly a long time dream of mine is coming true. We all have a lot of things that just never go right for us and after a lot of ups and downs, I'm doing something very right and feeling so blessed.
Has anyone else been to Thailand?! Any tips?!