Loy Krathong is a huge annual festival in Thaliand to give thanks to the water that we are provided with. At school we have a beautiful celebration assembly from Thai department about how important it is in Thai culture. Last night we went down to the running lake close to us to put a krathong in the water and make our wish (custom).
And what a day for wishes, we definitely were in need of a wish!
The place was packed and they had loads of games and food (Luis trying to win me a stuff toy).
The total irony is that all the food stalls had tonnes of plastic containers for their food, the games tonnes of plastic and loads was just floating back into the lake. Unfortunately, Thailand has such a huge problem with plastic usage and dumping in water, that really they shoudld turn this one day holiday into an everyday thing and stop the water contamination.
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