Loy Krathong

What a lovely adventure!

Loy Krathong was Celebrated last night and it was amazing. The colours sights and sounds were just spectacular. It was so mezmarising and so magical! Click on my other link to see some of the pictures.
Also I've updated the Pattaya info site :)
http://nkloykrathong.blogspot.com/

So this day is supposedly the only day that the Thai ladies wear their traditional garb.....and wow...it is really exquisite! They wear the head pieces and all the bells and whistles.

So i wasnt sure how to go about buying the "Krathong" part of the festival so drove past one and then stopped at what i thought was another vender selling them....i was rather hesitant in asking....so ended up buying food....rice and pork then tentatively asking if her pretty krathongs were for sale....thank god they were...BUT I HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH THEY COST! She was a little old lady and they were so lovely i ended up buying 5.....yes 5. Sad i know....But none the less...off i went with my 5 krathong...called up my Landlord to see if he and his wife would like to come along too....and off we went.....
Once at the beach (supposedly setting your krathong free at the beach is bad karma considering the krathong should flow away from you and not back to you....) so because of this; there are people at the shore line offering their services for a mear 20 bht to swim out and take your krathong futher so it doesnt "bad-karma-your-ass". But no; Craig and I....we tredded out into the krathong laden water to do it ourselves.....got somewhat wet and sandy but all in the good spirit of cultural growth.....
Happy Loy Krathong Day!
Kho high mee Kwam Sook!

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