By coincidence we happened to be in what we had been told was the best city in Thailand for one of their biggest festivals of the year. I hadn't read into what the festival is really about but I can assume it's giving thanks for the water that brings life to the land.
In the evening the main streets of the city were swarming with people. Parades come and go with loud music and heavily decorated floats and people in traditional dress. Hundreds of stalls are set up selling food and all sorts of other things that Thai people like. The main even of the festival though was the lanterns. Thousands of people set of lanterns which float into the air and decorate the sky. Charlotte and I sent up a lantern of our own to bring us good luck and health for a year.
We spent the evening walking the streets avoiding fireworks that the locals let off from their hands or just throw into the air. Once our feet ached we headed back to the hostel and were kept awake by the booming fireworks.
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