Results 1 to 19 of 19
  1. #1

    R.I.P.


    dirtydog's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2005
    Last Online
    @
    Location
    Pattaya Jomtien
    Posts
    58,763

    Loy Kratong in Thailand Pattaya

    Well as it is Loy Krathong lets see what us farangs have to do, first you have to take a picture of where they have decided to make the Krathongs, generally this will be somewhere on the floor right in the middle of where you would normally walk, this is regardless of how many tables and chairs you own, Loy Krathongs are made on the floor and you aint gonna be able to change that, it is part of the culture.

    As you can see the whole family likes to get involved including numerous dogs.



    In an ideal world for your base you would use polystyrene, this is great for floating and lasts forever, but alas the treehuggers say polystyrene is bad for the rivers and seas of Thailand, so you go and chop a nice tree down to be the base of your Krathong, banana trees seem to be the most popular, they chopped down a 3 meter high banana tree and used about a foot of it so not much went to waste.



    Now you have to make your Krathong green, we used leaves for ours, but if your using polystyrene then a nice lead based oil paint would last for years and years, infact in years to come you might meet up with your Krathong again a bit like sending a message in a bottle, ours if we are lucky will only last a week or so well apart from the candles



    There's a few of them round today so we got loads of different ones.



    Well thats some of the tops done, next we shall do the sides.


  2. #2
    Thailand Expat
    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    59,983
    erm wheres the rest of them??

  3. #3
    Member

    Join Date
    Nov 2007
    Last Online
    20-10-2017 @ 05:14 AM
    Location
    The End
    Posts
    958
    What are they for?

  4. #4

    R.I.P.


    dirtydog's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2005
    Last Online
    @
    Location
    Pattaya Jomtien
    Posts
    58,763
    ^They are for chucking in your local body of large water for the end of rainy season, or maybe so you get a nice bird, or for good luck, fok me who gives a toss what they are for, I really have no idea, but I just took some pics of some lovely ladies looking damn sexy in there semi sort of traditional gold costumes, belly button piercings and sexy short skirts and all that sort of thing, think I will give the girlfriend a shag on the strength of that

    ^^give me some time kw, I do have other things to do, like shagging the girlfriend while I think about the lovely young ladies I was just taking pictures of

  5. #5

    R.I.P.


    dirtydog's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2005
    Last Online
    @
    Location
    Pattaya Jomtien
    Posts
    58,763
    Ok 1 picture thats all you get as I don't like the thought of either of you 2 masturbating while thinking of these lovely young ladies.



    Just think kw, every single sexy girl in Thailand is dressed like that tonight, you enjoying your new marriage

  6. #6
    Thailand Expat
    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    59,983
    Quote Originally Posted by dirtydog
    Just think kw, every single sexy girl in Thailand is dressed like that tonight, you enjoying your new marriage
    yeah, well muslim girls can look pretty sexy too ya know!

    and i'm not married.......yet

  7. #7
    Thailand Expat
    peterpan's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2006
    Last Online
    @
    Location
    Pleasantville
    Posts
    10,110
    Yea, those Burkas look pretty good

    and i'm not married.......

  8. #8

    R.I.P.


    dirtydog's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2005
    Last Online
    @
    Location
    Pattaya Jomtien
    Posts
    58,763
    Ok so we have the tops of our banana tree Krathongs nice and green now, if your using polystyrene you will need to wait for ther paint to dry, that lead based stuffed takes a bloody long time don't it.

    So now we gently the fold the small cut off pieces of the banana tree leaves that we killed and mutilated earlier, a small pair of scissors is fine to do this to get nice squares that can be folded, these side pieces can be stapled with low quality stainless steel staples, or you can glue erm I suppose, or they got these little tiny pieces of wood that they shove through them like spikes to keep them in place, lots of choice here, personally I think a nail gun would sort this out a lot quicker.


  9. #9

    R.I.P.


    dirtydog's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2005
    Last Online
    @
    Location
    Pattaya Jomtien
    Posts
    58,763
    Well it looks like I will be having sex by my self tonight as the bitch aint come upstairs yet, all i can say is thank fok i am good at it I suppose I could go down stairs and wake her though, naaa, fok it, I am too tired....

  10. #10
    Thailand Expat
    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    59,983
    ^

  11. #11
    Member
    The Basket Weaver's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2007
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    365
    Here are 3 photos I took last night using a canon 400D with 50mm 1.8 lens. The floats were moving so most of the photos were blurred, but these were some of the few in about 50 that came out looking good.


    "I da man"


    The thais like to dress up




  12. #12

    R.I.P.


    dirtydog's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2005
    Last Online
    @
    Location
    Pattaya Jomtien
    Posts
    58,763
    Making Loy Krathongs can be very tiring and generally takes them all day with loads of rest breaks.



    But hell, these ones don't look too shabby, okay you could buy them from the street vendors for 1 or 200baht each I suppose and save all the hassle and mess.







    Next it is off down to the beach

  13. #13
    Have you got any cheese Thetyim's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Last Online
    @
    Location
    Mousehole
    Posts
    20,893
    Quote Originally Posted by dirtydog
    But hell, these ones don't look too shabby, okay you could buy them from the street vendors for 1 or 200baht each I suppose and save all the hassle and mess.
    "In Bangkok, vendors at Pak Klong Talad, a major flower market, were doing a brisk business selling traditional krathongs made of banana leaf and decorated with flowers at average prices of 30-to-35 baht in the evening."

  14. #14

    R.I.P.


    dirtydog's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2005
    Last Online
    @
    Location
    Pattaya Jomtien
    Posts
    58,763

    Pattaya Loy Kratong Festival

    Ok ok, I just had a quick look at my pictures and here they charge 30 to 50baht each, but they aint as nice as the ones my girlfriend and that made

    A miserable Loy Krathong seller.



    I am not sure what they fuel these with, but when they go up swaying all over the place they leave a flaming trail leaking out of them and people start screaming and warning each other, still, it's all good fun.



    This one is just about ready for lift off.



    Not as nice as my Krathong.

    Attached Files Attached Files

  15. #15

    R.I.P.


    dirtydog's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2005
    Last Online
    @
    Location
    Pattaya Jomtien
    Posts
    58,763

    Pattaya Loy Krathong Festival

    And a few more pictures from Jomtien Beach.



    Attached Files Attached Files

  16. #16
    Thailand Expat
    Join Date
    Feb 2006
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    38,456

    Loy Khratong at Mabprachan

    Well the traffic along Soi Siam Country Club was apparently horrendous, to the point where a few people turned back. We avoided it by heading around the other side of the Lake, and driving up around 6.30 p.m- i guess it gets worse later. Lake Mabprachan was busy- there were two funfair type areas, one on each side of the lake, and plenty of family groups scattered by the lakeside. The bars of course were humming.

    The girls like to get dressed up-



    But not as over the top as seems to be the norm in Pattaya and Jomtien.


  17. #17
    Thailand Expat
    Join Date
    Feb 2006
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    38,456
    Of course plenty of fireworks.



    And plenty of Khratong.


  18. #18
    Member
    BosseO's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2007
    Last Online
    22-08-2012 @ 02:25 PM
    Location
    Ban Chang, Rayong
    Posts
    297
    Just for the record, the banana isn't a tree, it's a plant.

    We had to leave Jomtien in the middle of it and saw a few bush fires on the way to the airport probably caused by 'flying condoms' or fireworks.

    BosseO, collecting posts.

  19. #19
    Newbie Rewrite's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2007
    Last Online
    28-11-2007 @ 12:43 PM
    Location
    The World
    Posts
    2
    That is a beautiful woman on the left in the first picture Sabang with an infectious smile. Who is she?


Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •