Talay bua daeng is about forty kilometres south of Udon Thani, which means it is a sod of a long way from Pattaya; which is why we took two days to get there, stopping at a sunflower field and Prasat Hin Phimai along the way. We arrived just before sunset and the lake was immediately something of a disappointment, not a sign of lilies. Still, we jumped into a boat and set off for a little tour and indeed lilies were to be found once you went deeper into the lake. Being almost sunset, the flowers had packed up being pretty for the day, so I took just one sunset shot before we headed back for some food.