The Thai celebrate the Full Moon of the last month of the year, with a great street festival, that takes over the streets after dark.
We arrived in AoNang last night just in time to participate in the celebration. The street was alive with excitment. Dancers entertained and the skys filled with fireworks. Thai Lucky Lanterns were lite and sent into the sky.
Let me try and describe these for you. They are long sleeves of paper closed off at one end. At the open end they attack a fuel filled circle that is lite on fire. As the heat builds up in the cylinder they float up into the heavens. It is quite a sight to see but extremely hard to capture in a photo.
All along the board walk there are live statues dress in customs, decorations and a parade of dancers moving along the street. The funny thing was a firetruck following the dancers so you knew when the parade was over.
We had an amazing seafood dinner overlooking the sea and were each given a bowl of flowers , candles and incence to drop into the sea. The myth is that you are giving thanks for the abundance of water and washing away all your stresses and concerns by placig the decoration into the water. I not sure if this also means washing away all your sins, but we can always hope. People made wishes as the plants floated out to sea.
Walking backfrom dinner we found a lady selling "Takeaway Drinks". What an entreprenuer! I think she was a little overwhelmed when 12 tourist walked up and ordered. It was a long walk from dinner to the closest Pub. maybe 10 minutes or less.
Yes we ended up at the Irish Rover pub. A very fun evening!
Off for a day of Kayaking.
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