Showing posts with label week 26. Show all posts
Showing posts with label week 26. Show all posts
Sunday, 21 November 2010
Wow
This morning I woke up and was faced with this view. I couldn't stop staring at it... it was like the sea and the sky had merged as one. Stunning.
fancy some grub?
Hmm tasty grub... or should I say GRUBS!? Spotted these crispy creepy crawlies last night in a market... EWW!
Loi Krathong - the video
Check out the video I made from some of the highlights of last night's Loi Krathong event..
Loi Krathong festival in Thailand
Yesterday Thailand celebrated the annual Loi Krathong festival. The Buddhist event involves creating flower-based offerings, made with bamboo and banana leaves and decorated with candles and incense, and lighting/floating them on rivers/lakes. The name Loi Krathong means floating offering. The act of lighting/floating these creations is meant to be "symbolic of letting go of all one's grudges, anger and defilements, so that one can start life afresh on a better foot."
I was invited to the festival by a lady called Ay - who was my tour guide earlier in the week. She and I got on really well, and are the same age, and it was a real honour and pleasure to go to the event with her and her friend Goy.
She picked me up from my hotel on her scooter, and we travelled to a lake near Chaweng for the evening. She had bought me one krathong, and I got another one too from the stalls on the side of the road. People lit the candles and incense and floated their flowers out onto the water, saying a silent prayer in the process. After that, there were fireworks across the lake - and families lit giant paper lanterns, saying prayers as you let them float off into the sky. It was a pretty incredible sight - as people from all countries, races, ages and religions lit their offerings by the water. Check out some of my photos from the night:
Some krathongs:
I was invited to the festival by a lady called Ay - who was my tour guide earlier in the week. She and I got on really well, and are the same age, and it was a real honour and pleasure to go to the event with her and her friend Goy.
She picked me up from my hotel on her scooter, and we travelled to a lake near Chaweng for the evening. She had bought me one krathong, and I got another one too from the stalls on the side of the road. People lit the candles and incense and floated their flowers out onto the water, saying a silent prayer in the process. After that, there were fireworks across the lake - and families lit giant paper lanterns, saying prayers as you let them float off into the sky. It was a pretty incredible sight - as people from all countries, races, ages and religions lit their offerings by the water. Check out some of my photos from the night:
Some krathongs:
Saturday, 20 November 2010
Thai Boxing
Last night there were a series of boxing matches in the local ring here on Lamai Beach. Crowds came out for the fun - and we sat on plastic chairs that were divided into areas governed by different bars. I watched a few different matches - the first with men, the second with women fighting. There was a lot of preparation before the matches began - with each fighter saying prayers and performing pre-match rituals, including wearing lucky garlands of flowers and money around their necks.
Check the video:
Check the video:
Tasty grub
Last night I found the most amazing tasty market here on Koh Samui. Freshly cooked meats and yummy vegetables and tasty smoothies all barbequed right here on the street. I had a huge plate of food and some water and a juice - and it came to about 100 Baht - ludicrously cheap. Can't believe I only just found it! Going to eat here all the time now. :)
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