Loy KraThong Festival

Loy Krathong Festival

Last week, it was Loy Kra Thong festival. I spent time with my parents. This festival is believed to be the time that people give apology to the river goddess for making the river dirty. People make a container (Kra Thong) which is made from banana leaves, flowers and with incense and candles. And then they float (Loy) the Kra Thong in the river or canal. So loy krathong means to float the kra thong. This festival is celebrated through out Thailand and it is held on the full moon day in November. On this day, people usually go out at night with friends or family and they make or buy Kra Thong. This year I didn't make mine cus i was too busy but my mom brought one for me from her school. krathong vendor. u can choose anyone u like!


Float the krathong in the river with dad
This is my Krathong

Trip to Trang

Trang: October 16-21, 2007
After I arrived Bangkok from my trip to northern Thailand, I left again next day for my trip to the southern province, Trang. I travelled there by coach with a big bunch of people who also attended a big event, CCT (Church of Christ in Thailand) christian youth conference which is held every two years. It took us about 12 hours on the bus. Me and my friends from church
Travelling to the beach


It was cloudy that day.

With my friend, he was Iveper few years ago.
Nat, me and Bank- we got up early to try Trang's unique kind of breakfast. Cheers! I luv this kind of milk iced tea

This is our breakfast. I'm not kidding.
Yummyyyy
With the pig which soon became roast pork
on the way back to the church

The old chapel of the church

With two Ivepers from previous years, Nat and Mai

Group photos of all participants in the conference

Trip to Chiangrai & Myanmar

October 12-15, 2007
I travelled to Chiangrai, the most northern province in Thailand and also visited Myanmar for an afternoon. This colorful plane by Nok Air brought me to Chiangrai.
My cousin and her daughter (my niece)
Sarisa, my niece who was born while I was in Canada.

Here we were crossing the border to Myanmar.
Welcome to Myanmar

Walking the the immigration check point. Once we had crossed the border, i felt little sad to see a lot of homeless kids and beggars :(
Back again to Thailand

Pattaya 18-20.09.07

This is the first blog since I came back to Thailand. It has been boring some time just to stay home. So this time I got a chance to get away from Bangkok for few days when my friend whom I met in Canada came from the UK! So we met in Pattaya! This pic is a view of the Grand Palace in Bangkok.
The bus took us about 2.5 hours from Bangkok to Pattaya.
I spent my second day on the beach.
My foot prints :)
Jomtian Beach is famous for swimming in Pattaya.
The waves were big and the water came so high.
Relaxing at the beach.
It was hot and sunny.

Celebrating last night in Pattaya. We had little party at home and went out clubbing til morning :)

New York 13-16.07.07 Day I & II

New York City: Day I and II Our first meal in NYC @ McDonald
Grocery shopping; our breakfast
My travel gang; Esther (France), Carmen (Paraguay), Michel (Switzerland) and me

Our 2nd day in the big apple city. We go on a walking tour which is said to last 15 hours...but...
We check out cool supermarket in Brooklyn
View from Brooklyn Promenade with Lower Manhattan background
Crossing Brooklyn Bridge
And that is Manhattan!

Ground Zero
Wall Street
Stock market
Lady Liberty
On a ferry to Staten Island

Battery Park
Our lunch + dinner at Chinese restuarant in Chinatown
Grand Central station
Rockefeller Center
Me and Frederik at Time Square

We finish our walking tour at around 1.30 in the morning. This tour lasted 17 hours!!! We walked almost nonstop. We stopped for about 1.5 hours for dinner and icecream! Brooklyn and Manhattan, we rock you!