Loy Krathong Festival in Karon Beach

Loy Krathong is Thailand's 'festival of lights' and is held once a year on the evening of the twelfth lunar month.  It is a festival that takes place on all bodies of water around the island when the sun goes down and you light your wish on a candle and send it into the water or light it on a paper lantern and send it into the air.  If it floats or flys away, your wish is supposed to come true,  if it comes back to you, they say maybe the tides aren't with you this year.  Luckily Nancy and my paper lanterns flew right up into the air.  We happened to hear about it from a guy we met while applying for jobs so we decided to take a break from the job search and head to one of the beaches to see what it was all about. 

Karon Beach

Apparently this is the norm for parasailing in Phuket - a little thai man flies with you with no harnass or anything to strap him in.  Don't worry I won't be doing this.

Fried Insects!!

Lighting my wish

About to send it into the sky over the Andamon Sea

Not so safe cab ride back to Phuket Town where we are staying for one more night and then heading to the beach tomorrow for the weekend to look for apartments