Loy Kratong in Pattaya, 1 romantic night of the year
A few pics from Loy Kratong in November...
Walking Street was jam packed due to food stalls taking up all the space and daft tourists and Thais alike being amazed at the average fare that was on offer...
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Some of the bars have a competition to see who can make the bestest Kratong.... these were worth stopping to look at...
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Me and the teerak spent about 2 hours making these from scratch... I cut up the banana leaf and put the strawberry on top... can you see the strawberry?..
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Then we risked death by drowning walking along some rickety pier set up behind the Marine boxing ring to launch our flowery vessels.... Here is the teeraks mate launching hers...
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A few pics from Loy Kratong a couple of years ago:
500 baht for that bugger!..
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Fine maidens of the night dressed in traditional gear...
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The bestest Kratong competition:
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The lovely ladyboy Emma.... Had to pay the bastard 100 baht for the privelage of having my pic with her...
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:)