22 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A freshly written Chinese New Year greeting flutters in the breeze while a calligrapher works on another at his table on Charoen Krung Road in Bangkok's Chinatown district. Chinese New Year is not an official public holiday in Thailand, but it is one the biggest celebrations in the Bangkok, which has a large Chinese population. Chinese New Year is February 10 this year. It will be the "Year of the Snake." PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ