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Thailand is a land of enchanting and exotic tastes for foreign visitors as I was to discover when I skilled the Water Festival of Loi Kathong on the island of Ko Chang.
Ko Chang
In October 2003, the travel bug seriously bit me. The symptoms led me to sell my enterprise, pack a little backpack with necessary items and roll into Los Angeles International Airport with a significant credit card and an attitude. A handful of days later, I was in Thailand and headed for the island of Ko Chang, positioned close to the border with Cambodia in the Gulf of Thailand.
Ko Chang is a heavily forested island with tiny towns full of beach huts. This is what I was precisely what I was immediately after. Spending days lounging in the sun and contemplating my navel. Sadly, I soon experienced the local bacteria, which was not what I was after.
Since I had rented my beach hut for a week with payment in advance, the loved ones running the place looked me upon favorably. They took pity on me and I was soon developing fat on Tom Yom Kung and other soups and curries. Right after four days, I had finally kicked the bug and felt halfway human. This was great news as it was the night of the complete moon water festival.
I had heard of full moon festivals in Thailand. For difficult partying tourists, this was apparently the night the big beach parties occurred. In Ko Chang, it was a tiny different as the night was tailored to the actual Thais, not tourist.
The Loi Kathong Festival occurs every full moon. Offerings are provided to appease the water spirits. These offerings come in the form of banana leaf bowls with flowers, fruit, candles and incense. The candles and incense are lit and everyone heads down the beach and begins placing them in the water. It is 1 of the far more incredible light shows you will ever see and beats Las Vegas hands down. Thousands, and I mean thousands, of tiny lights bobbing on the surface of the smooth ocean.
Following the bowls comes 1 of the most visually amazing issues Ive ever noticed. Every person is familiar with the paper lanterns utilized in Asia. Typically, they come in the form of a rectangle form with a bamboo or light wire frame. Very popular with college students because they are low-cost and appear better than a bare light bulb.
For the festival, Thais would take these paper lanterns and close off the top. They would then affix a tiny this paper plate to the bottom with a candle on it. Light the candle, wait for the heat to do its perform and they had an instant hot air balloon. The moment the lanterns could float, you merely let go and off the slowly went more than the ocean. It was a sight to see as there had been thousands of them floating more than the water.
As the festival wound down, the ocean had been transformed. The air was full of gracefully floating lanterns whilst the water itself was dotted with slowly bobbing points of light.
If you intend to travel to Thailand, make sure you schedule your trip about a full moon. It is a scene youll never ever forget.
