I have started on the blog straight away as the Internet is worse than usual, whilst the the girls were getting ready we made our way along Walking Street, the Loy Kratong festival is celebrated all over Thailand, a Kratong, which normally should be made from natural products is placed on water, a few coins are also placed on it and a lighted candle, then it is sent out to sea or placed on a river or pond, different legends surround the origins of Loy Kratong,
the most popular version is it was an expression of gratitude to the goddess of water 'Phra Mae Kongka' others say that in the kratong you send away all of the bad things that have happened to you in the past year and also that your hopes, wishes and aspirations will be granted for the coming year,
I used to enjoy watching up above hundreds of 'khom loy' (floating lanterns) drift into the night sky, above Pattaya beach on their way out to sea, these large balloon-like lanterns are released at temples and sometimes from private homes in the hope that misfortune flies away with them, unfortunately that sight is no longer with us as they are banned from Pattaya beach,
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