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People waiting silently in the dark to file onto
the royal pier at the navy yard (Tha Ratchaworadit) next to the Grand
Palace.
LOY KRATHONG
2004
This
year 2Bangkok.com surveyed Loy Krathong activities from Taksin Bridge
to the Rattanakosin Island area. Here is what it was like to be there...
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10:30pm at Klong One Ang - still putting krathongs
in the water.
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2Bangkok.com)
Crowds line Memorial Bridge.
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2Bangkok.com)
One krathong being lit by another.
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Watching krathongs being lit near Wat Muang Khae downtown.
Note the "Orange" balloon. Orange set up sales stands blasting
pop music by all the piers in the downtown business district.
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Krathongs for sale near Memorial Bridge.
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2Bangkok.com)
Crowds at Tha Tien Pier with Wat Arun
on the opposite shore.
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Making a wish at Fort Mahakarn Park.
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Santas and krathongs for sale at the
end of Klong Lord at Pak
Klong Talad.
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A man on a styrofoam raft collects krathongs at
Phra Pokklao Bridge. |
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Preparing to put krathongs into the water
near the Golden Mount.
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2Bangkok.com)
Krathongs drift into the night at Klong One Ang.
Also: Loy
Krathong 2003
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