Loi Kratong, the annual chance to…. FLOAT AWAY YOUR BAD LUCK!

Thai festivals are not the sort of thing you just watch. You get into them, right to the heart of them - and take away memories which will stay with you for ever. Arguably the most beautiful and the loudest, Loi Kratong is best enjoyed in the north.

Very simply, you pay a few baht for a banana leaf boat called a kratong, carrying a candle and a few other bits and pieces (maybe a 10 baht coin), say a few quiet words down at the riverbank with your sweetheart and float it away - along with all your bad luck. And if your luck is really bad a small boy will promptly fish it out of the water just in case there's 10 baht inside it!

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