The river is full of tiny "kraton" they are called, little mini boats made from a slice of banana trunk, with a candle and a couple of sticks of incense and a few flower heads.
It's like an Armada of tiny ships floating down the river, there are hundreds and hundreds of them.
People go to the temple opposite my block to "make merit". Temples are very often built on land by the river. The faithful say a prayer and push out their mini banana boat.
Meanwhile, the sky is filled with these "sky lanterns", a squadron of floating "kourms" they"re called, slowly floating across in bobbing formation.
All set to the non-stop crackle of fireworks.
All very lovely.
But the streets are 100% rammed with people, scooters and cars, all over the roads and pavements, no room at all.
Ron and Steward, who run my regular restau called OMG, are beside themselves - they haven't taken a salary in four years!, they live off their UK pension and feed their Thai partners and kids. But now, this will be the third day on which they take 60,000 baht - it's a lot.
Can you imagine what it's like ?!
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