Happy Songkran!!
Happy Songkran or Thai New Year! It started on Monday and I htink it finishes on Sunday.
Yesterday it was a massive water fight and everyone was involved, and I mean everyone! People were standing along the roads armed with buckets, bowls, water pistol and anything else they could use to throw water on you. People were also on trucks driving around throwing water on you. Needless to say within 3 min in the taxi (which is an open truck taxi) we were drenched, completely!
We moved to another place today, Chang Cliff Resort on White Sand Beach. Luckily we were prepared for this (a bit) and our bags were protected.
We walked through "town" and got even more drenched although you can't get more drenched than we were.
Some were nice and just poured a bit of water on your arm and wished you happy new year, others weren't as nice and just poured or threw a bucket over you! It's all in good fun though. It's to wash away all the bad and old and represents a new beginning.
It was so much fun!! The music was on, people were dancing, singing and throwing water at each other, they were old, young and even very young. You could see moms on mopeds with a child on the back armed with a water gun :) Amazing!
Today we thought it was over and went to the beach. On the way home however, we realised that the fight was on again and today they had ice cubes in their buckets!! We took a taxi from one side of the beach to the other were we live and it was a good move, we only got a bit wet :)
Me, absolutely soaked
Happy Songkran!
