Thursday 10 November 2011

Day 30 - Relax @ Chiangmai (Loy Kratong)

The Loy Kratong festival in Chiang Mai is absolutely massive. It's as if Thailand has won the World Cup

I went with Daniel to the Ping riverside where there were many people lighting and releasing the sky lanterns. To find the exact location of the sky lantern release site, we simply rode our motorcycles towards the direction of the lantern release.

Many people were playing with fireworks and sky lanterns. We simply stood there admiring the spectacle and the pretty girls there. I was certainly excited as this is my first time participating in this event. It's simply stunning and I would encourage everyone to try this at least once.

We didn't have any lanterns so we had to buy them from vendors who were selling them by the roadside. I bought mine for 40B from a girl on condition that she would release the lantern with me.

We were there for hours after which we went to the night bazaar for beer and food. There were still many lanterns in the sky when we went back at 2am.

Lastly, we went to 'Lucky disco' which was recommended to us but we didn't like the place and left after a couple of drinks as we were really exhausted from standing for so many hours.

Hotel - 400B
F&B - 300B
Entertainment - 400B

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