Loy Krathong

This week on Thursday I had the chance to experience the Loy Krathong festival in Thailand for the first time. It happens to worship the water spirits and godesses and in Northern Thailand in Chiang Mai it is celebrated with the infamous floated lanterns. Whereas in Bangkok people come together around lakes, canals or rivers - wherever you find water - to float a "krathong". That is a kind of basket made traditionally out of banana leaves and flowers or bread. We went to the green lung of the city, the Lumpini Park, to partake at the lake. 

Halloween & Oktoberfest

Usually I am not a partygirl anymore. I lost my excitement for the nightlife a few years ago when I just realized that everything repeats and becomes one big monotony. Same people, same music, same venues, same drinks, same hangover. But I make exceptions for events involving dressing up properly for theme parties like Halloween and Oktoberfest. This year in Bangkok it happens that both of them were on the same weekend.

For Halloween I didn`t really have anything at home that can be considered as a real costume so I improvised with what I had and made something inspired by the Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland (one of my all-time favorite disney movies!).