Nong Khai Thailand

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I was back in one of my favourite places.  The garden of Mut Mee Guesthouse in Nong Khai Thailand and staying in my favorite room.    

We came there to cross the Friendship Bridge to Laos but first there was the festival of Okk Paan Saa held on the night of the October full moon, the final day of Buddhist Lent.

Ship that pass in the night. Decorated to illustrate the Lord Buddha returning to earth to teach his mother the Buddhist Dharma.

All along the riverbank festivities were underway  

Lucky youngsters got to choose a lantern for their Daddy to set alight and  send soaring into the night sky

 

In the grounds of Wat Lam Duan others were happy to take to the slide
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