Ubon Candle Festival Is Next Month

[ray23]

Ubon Ratchathani Candle Festival - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

We have missed it three years in a row cause we couldn't get a hotel. We found one this year at 1400 a night

[gotlost]

Sounds interesting. What are the dates? Your link does not state.

[MeMock]

What hotel charged you 1,400 baht?

[puchooay]

Sounds interesting. What are the dates? Your link does not state.

The candle festival is known as Khao Pan Sa. This is Buddhist lent. The first day of a 90 day period.

If you have a Thai calendar in the house you will see that the 26th and 27th of July are red. These are the festival days. You are likely to see festivals in all provinces but Ubon is the biggest and most famous.

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Ubon Candel Festival

Postby ray23 » 19 Jun 2010 07:08

We are going this year we leave on the 26th of July from udon and return on July 28th

We are staying at this Hotel

It's 2800 for two days

If anyone wants to ride there with us let me know.

There are other places cheaper I'm sure but you need to book early

PATHUMRAT HOTEL

377 chayangkura rd., Ubonrachathani

34000 THAILAND

Tel : ( 045 ) 241-501 - 11

Fax: ( 045 ) 241-504

Emai : [email protected]

โรงแรมปทุมรัตน์

377 ถนน ชยางกูร อุบลราชธานี

34000 ประเทศไทย

Tel : ( 045 ) 241-501 - 11

Fax: ( 045 ) 241-504

Emai : [email protected]

We have missed this one three years in a row with no resevation's So we found this to be the best price on the net I know there are ones around cheaper. But this is fine. Only question is do we take the bike or the pickup. Depends on the heat.

[chris26be]

The complete programme:

See attachment.

Candle Fest Eng.pdf

[ray23]

Thanks

[afalang]

Ray are you off to another candle festival ?

at your age you're still burning the candle at both ends

enjoy the ride my friend.

[ray23]

I'm not sure it's going to be a ride yet, may be a drive

This will be a first for the wife and I so I'm really looking forward to few days away from home

[ray23]

Ok so I cheated and it wasn't a bike ride. Darn I labeled and put description on every one. Didn't show up here.

So I will take a shot at it from here. The little girls are our housekeepers children and he first time they have been out of Udon. First time they have stayed in a hotel. First fro any big event like this. It was as much fun watching Ms. Fang and Paeng venture into the big world as the festival itself

In one photo you can see the frame work they use to create the wax float. You will see two photos of the guy placing the pieces one by on the float. The a box of the tiny pieces he is using. This one was using a pickup a a pull vehicle, other's used farm tractors.

I have to tell you have anything bigger then a 125 park it get a Tuk Tuk It would take you an hour to go block on anything bigger.

We got the worse Tuk Tuk I have ever ridden in engine wise. But, it had every gadget he could imagine on it. Bells, whistled , siren extra red lights you name it. I wouldn't have missed for the world. The guy was real cut up and made the ride fun

If you have never been to it I would add o the list of great things to do in Thailand.

If you guys want to see more of it let me know

[elwood]

Ok so I cheated and it wasn't a bike ride. Darn I labeled and put description on every one. Didn't show up here.

So I will take a shot at it from here. The little girls are our housekeepers children and he first time they have been out of Udon. First time they have stayed in a hotel. First fro any big event like this. It was as much fun watching Ms. Fang and Paeng venture into the big world as the festival itself

In one photo you can see the frame work they use to create the wax float. You will see two photos of the guy placing the pieces one by on the float. The a box of the tiny pieces he is using. This one was using a pickup a a pull vehicle, other's used farm tractors.

I have to tell you have anything bigger then a 125 park it get a Tuk Tuk It would take you an hour to go block on anything bigger.

We got the worse Tuk Tuk I have ever ridden in engine wise. But, it had every gadget he could imagine on it. Bells, whistled , siren extra red lights you name it. I wouldn't have missed for the world. The guy was real cut up and made the ride fun

If you have never been to it I would add o the list of great things to do in Thailand.

If you guys want to see more of it let me know

Glad you enjoyed your visit; it is an event well-worth seeing, and you obviously approached things in a positive way. Some reports would no doubt have centered on complaints about the tuk tuk!

Some years ago we also took some relative's kids who had never been before, although their village is just 60 kms away, and like your passengers, they were full of wonder at everything that we take for granted!

Elwood