Loy Krathong

Our krathong that the hotel gave us to float.

Loy Krathong is the Festival of Lights. Loy means "to float" and krathong means "lotus shaped vessel" which usually contains 3 sticks of incense and a candle, some put other gifts on it as well. They float these on pretty much any body of water throughout Thailand. We went across the street to Benjasiri park where there is a pond. Traditionally the krathong is made with banana leaves, this is the "environmentally friendly" version given to us by our hotel. Not sure what it was made of but looked like it was a baked good of some sort! We saw some very elaborate krathongs with the banana leaves and lots of flowers.

Gretta watches as Josh lights our Krathong.

It is an offering of thanks to the goddess of water and for forgiveness for polluting her waters. Some people also make a wish when they light it and send it off floating.

Josh got back from Bangladesh just in time to celebrate with us!

Grandma and Grandpa Hinz are here! We have been doing some exploring and relaxing with them. They are having lots of fun watching Gretta show off all her new skills and how big she has gotten since they last saw her. We are headed to Cambodia this weekend.

You can see a little better here all the people that were there!

Our building overlooking the park.