d_ashley's blog post - Happy Loy Krathong! :)

the story...

aaand so I set off to the stores to get the materials to build my Krathong, and since we have Mexican stores here I knew that I would have no probs in finding some corn husk such as I had thought to make tomales[sp?] then one must use corn husk, but to my surprise I found that real banana leafs are used and so the store had them. soo they brought me a bag of "frozen" banana leafs...and so here I go and say..."their frozen" and the owner said..."yep to keep them fresh they must be frozen"..."soo are you gonna make sm tomales??" and I said..."no, Im gonna make a boat" [now picture the very obvious quizical look on this guys face )] as I proceeded to explain that I am going to make a boat to float on the river with candles in it to celebrate with my friends the tradition that is just as big as say,Thanksgiving. with all the people in Thailand. sooo they all thought that was a really cool thing to do. )
sooo then I went on to another store to finish getting the rest of what I would need, I guess? for I have never built a Krathong in my whole life.he,he...sooo as I got home I was trying to figure out how to dry these banana leafs and so I went over to my friend and neighbors house to see if I could borrow their hair dryer, but he said..."no we dont have one...ummmm, so why you need a hair dryer for?" and I said..."to dry out the banana leafs"[now picture the very obvious quizical look on this guys face )}as I once again proceeded to explain that I am going to make a boat to float on the river with candles in it to celebrate with my friends on the net the tradition that is just as big as say,Thanksgiving. with all the people in Thailand. sooo he thought that was a really cool thing to do. ) soo I returned home and "nuked" the leafs in the microwave to thaw them out. he,he )
and soo heres the pics I took that tell the rest of the story.
now the pics with the links I felt would be better left at a larger size to view sooo just click on the link and the full size pic will pop up, you dont even have to leave this blog.
sooo enjoy what was for me a very cool and fun expierience this evening as darkness fell and it didnt sink tee,he,he. but I did have to doo some lighting editing after getting home and I apologise for the mostly blurred images for the cam doesnt like low light. (
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the river...looking downstream w/daylight
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the sign...[you say the oo's as ouuuustanaula]





onward bound...
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/me cant wait fer next year to arrive as this was soooooo much fun. along with the thirty minutes it took watching it drift out of sight )
tfvmb. 3 David.