Festival of Lights

The search for Kurtz in the jungles of northern Thailand, a Thai massage, a trip to the beauty parlor, the festival of lights, mountain biking into the heart of Laos' darkness, ride with the Chiang Mai Sunday Bike Club on the King's birthday, and life on ...

... or camera.. or my ID which caused me some trouble :( Hopefully next week sometime I can drive to the north and east coasts and get some nice piccies out there.. Something to occupy my time with until the big Kadooment festival on Monday! We shall see.. x ...

... festival was  held under the influence of the summer new Moon in Leo, feels like a specially energetic event. VUUV festival has a reputation for being the best organized festival in Europe however some things could have been improved. The toilets ...

... time our visit to Chiang Mai to coincide with a big festival that was going on in the city, it is called the festival of lights (Loi Krathong). Everywhere we went in the city we came across lanterns and lights which looked really pretty at night time. It ...

My two weeks in Thiruvananthapuram happily coincides with their 12th annual international film festival, which lasts a week from 7-14 December.  I arrived in town on the 8th, and was delighted to discover the festival was going on.. featuring ...

... bites during the remainder of the evening.  On to our final event.  The annual Ligligan Parul (Giant Lantern Festival) showcases the city's most famous product - the lighted lanterns known as paruls.  Pampanga's artisans are renowned for ...

... - it is quite awe-inspiring.  We felt as though we were getting a rare glimpse into another era. Anyway, the lantern festival was was the only scheduled event on this vacation and I'm so glad that we were able to be here.  We are left ...

... -day affair, as a larger event is planned for September for the 50th anniversary of the area's 'liberation'. The Zhongdian horse festival usually takes place in June, when the labourers are less busy, having either harvasted crops or planted barley. Old ...

... more noise and people carrying lights around. For the lights they used mobile, noisy generators connected to the lights with long cables. Was interesting to see this festival. Next day explored the city and went up to the Pap Mochani Temple for a nice ...

LOY KRATHONG (or, the festival of floating lights and dynamite throwing contest) Part 1 of 2 Chiang Mai, Thailand November 2004 During the full moon of the second lunar month (November, in this case) the Thais celebrate Loy Krathong, or The Festival ...

... it. All along the road, temporary stalls had been set up on any available piece of spare ground. As it was a local festival, the wares had a particularly local feel to it being mostly clay pots, plastic bowls and shoes. Interestingly, it was large ...

... the dinner at his house, I was planning on going to the other side (of town) with the boys for drinking after the Lantern Festival, and I figured I shouldn't look like a teacher at a club, haha. So I changed and put on my thermal pants and threw my scarf ...

... quite a fun excursion being lead round by this boy. He was quite a little character and we're sure he'll be a successful businessman one day!! Although rather oddly, no festival materialised and we can only think that it is a scam the entire town is in ...

... across a packed suspension bridge and a stampede left hundreds wounded and 353 people dead, including women and children. This annual festival marks the turning of the flow of the Tonle Sap, a major occurrence triggered when the waters in the Mekong drop ...

... conception), the Monday becomes a holiday too. However, it was also the weekend of this town's festival de las luces, or festival of lights. Monday was the last day of the festival, so we had chosen our day well, although this did also mean that ...

... bought a 5 litre backpack supersoaker and hit the streets to join in with the local celebrations.  Songkran is basically a 3 day festival where everything closes up and everyone joins in a big water fight.  It celebrates the end of the dry ...

... at the end of November, the Thais have a special holiday called Loy Krathong.  Westerners call it the Festival of Lights.  It's an old tradition where Thais pay their respects to the river goddess for the abundance that she ...

... whose name; the name Mysore has been derived. The city of Mysore has a long tradition of celebrating the Dasara festival and the festivities here are an elaborate affair and attract a large audience including ...

Bet you've never heard of Novi Sad. It's a smallish town in Serbia well known for one reason - EXIT festival! We have enjoyed our festivals so much so far we've rearranged our itinerary to include more. This weekend worked out best, and our choices ...

... perspective the film used new and different techniques of filming and editing. That night I went on a journey through Berlin and the Festival of Lights, which is a festival where popular landmarks and buildings are lite up.  It is in it's 6th ...