Arrived Sukothai Friday 3rd November in the middle of the Loi Krathon festival. Although celebrated nationwide it originates from here and it is by far the biggest in terms of crowds and bustle and events connected to it. Sukothai consists of the old town which is a UNESCO world heritage site and the new town, 14kms away which is a 1960's concrete provincial town. It only takes 20 minutes or so by songthaow to shuttle between the two (although it only leave...

Loi Krathon... We were whisked there on a strange looking vehicle,sort of an inverted tricycle where you sit at thefront and the driver sits behind. As we belted alongthe highway we picked up the flaming torches burningat regular intervals, lining the route. We passedhouses bedecked in fairy lights twinkling away andfirweorks would burst periodically around us. We wereso excited and the air was so crisp but made murkyfrom the smoke from the torches and caught by...