Wat Chalong Festival

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Bea and I joined our new friends from England, Ray and Rita for a visit to the night festival at Wat Chalong. We got there very early (around 7PM) and only stayed for a couple of hours. As we were leaving the real crowds of people began to arrive. It got very crowded. We were lucky to get out when we did as the traffic was bumper to bumper making it very difficult to get out on the main road. As polite as the Thai's are, they take on an entirely different character behind the wheel of a car or handlebars of a motorbike. They just don't give way!

Food seemed to be the focus of the festival. It was everywhere. I took just a few pictures which I've included here. The satay looked wonderful, all very neatly laid out. In fact, most of the food displays were done quite artistically. One young Thail girl offered me her fried beetles, worms or whatever they were, when she noticed me taking pictures. I didn't quite have the courage to go for it.

The festival was an experience but 2 hours was enough!

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Photos

Wat Chalong Festival
The temple at Wat Chalong

Ray & Rita with Bea
Ray & Rita Fairclough with Bea at the Wat Chalong Festival

Satay
Many of the hundreds of displays of food at the Wat Chalong Festival were laid out this attractively

More satay
There were hundreds of these little satay kiosks

Crunchy Food
These are the beetles / worms offered to me by the young Thai girl

Comments

[Jack Larson]

Bugs & Worms
Jack woulda told that girl with the fried bugs to 'super-size me'. They look scrumptious especially with a little hot sauce.

[Kingwell's]

From maui
Aloha you two...Thanks for the updates on your wandering. We are off to Sun Valley the last two weeks of March, back on April 1st. We look forward to having you stay with us. Kristen