Scissors are busy clipping banana leaves at every home and schools around the island as Phuket prepares for the Loy Kratong Festival that takes place at dusk November 2th. Some bye it also, and ad hair, a bit from nails and small coins, nine as this is a very luck number.
Lots of people and firecrackers. We ended it 11 p.m. as Stina was with us, but at midnight is it on the top. The balloon I held up and let go, looks like UFO`s a friend told me. There are thousands of them.
This is a very old tradition, and they think all bad things travel ago by doing this. Lots of good food and drinks and sitting on the beach is fun. The water temperature is about 85 F. and the winter is coming soon. |