Tonight is the Loy Krathong festival. I made a trip down to the last BTS station on the Silom line, Saphan Taksin to partake of the merry-making. There was a huge crowded, noisy and much like a fun fair. Incidentally this is also the Thai Valentine's Day.
In case anyone wants to know what a krathong look like, it's made of banana stems and folded leaves and flowers. Some of the patterns are really elaborate! I took a pic of mine before I let it float away in the Chao Phraya river. To let go of ill-luck and everything bad, to start anew, and good wishes for the future.
Afterwhich, there was some beautiful fireworks for about 30 mins or so.
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