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Published: November 22nd 2010
Ahhh, Loi Krathong... It is officially the start of it last night (Saturday), but many people were celebrating on Friday as well. It is hard to describe everything that goes on, since it is so busy, so I will just talk about what we did!
After our massages, we headed down to Thae Pae Gate around 7 pm, which is on the Eastern wall of the Old City moat. There is a giant stage, paper lanterns, food ...
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Home and Away
Bob Carlsen
Thai festivals
I'm glad you made it to the Ping River and sent your own lotus float downstream. I loved your pictures. I forgot to mention in my previous comment that Songkran is the festival in April which is a national water fight. Loi Krathong is my other favorite festival. From what I remember those were the only two festivals, but with the emphasis on tourism today the Thai seem to have a new festival every other week. I'm also pleased that you found the mangoes and sticky rice.