Loy Krathong Festival in Chiang Mai

Today was the actual day of the Loy Krathong Festival. This is a beautiful celebration that takes place all over Thailand at the end of their twelfth lunar month which fell on November 16 this year.

Marc and I stopped by the Wat Kate, which is the buddhist temple near our hotel in Chiang Mai. We bought a "fire balloon" which is a paper lantern that is lit on the bottom, which you then float into the night sky. There were hundreds of them floating in the sky with the full moon in the background. You cannot capture this beautiful sight on film or video.

In these photos, Marc is lighting his fire balloon with a monk from the wat (temple). Then theylaunched it together.