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November 13th, 2008 — Festivals, Loy Kratong
Some people that are new to Thailand have asked me what happen last night. I was the night of Loy Kratong. A big festival in Thailand that people celebrates every year when the moon is full. If you seen the floats in the Thai air ways advertising movies, that is Loy Kratong.
I do not want to go over it again here since I already written about it. You can find my version and how I celebrate Loy Kratong and the wikipedia version Loy Kratong Wikipedia.
November 12th, 2008 — Festivals, Loy Kratong, Samui, Surat Thani, Travel Warning
Personal Thailand strongly advice you to skip this full moon party. If you are already on the way or there already you know that some streets are filled with 70 cm of water.
This time of year people get stranded on Samui and other Island in South Thailand and accidents happen with speed boats when they try to go out in strong winds.
If possible avoid Samui right now and wait a week or so to the water have gone down. The flooding has been worse every year because people cut down the threes on the hills to make house, off course against the law.
Chumphon province in south Thailand that is also declared a disaster zone.
November 24th, 2007 — Culture, Festivals, Loy Kratong
Now it has happened with Loy Kratong as well, the so quiet holiday have now become a reason for drinking and rumbling around.
The holiday should be quiet and a family thing has in many places in Thailand turned in to be a family tragedy with many people loosing eyes and limbs to firecrackers.
I wish the Thais could keep the old holidays the way they should suppose to be like the Songkran (water festival) have turned into a water war and people are fleeing to safer ground (me included). People die in 1000 from driving drunk and from getting ice cubs in the face when they drive motorbikes.
Lets see if this New Year and Christmas will be any different with the election coming up the 23 of December.
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November 6th, 2006 — Entertainment, Festivals, Loy Kratong, Travel Thailand