Monday, May 10, 2010

Thailand- Songkran in Chiang Mai

Chiang Mai- a must when visiting Thailand. For some reason, Chiang Mai is what I expected Bangkok to be like... visually striking, vibrant, rich history and tradition.

We were lucky to be there during the Thai New Year, Songkran Water Festival (April 13-15) where pickups drive around, loaded with kids adults, huge pails of water and water guns to spray everyone in sight. After cowardly observing from the sidelines and repeatedly being large white targets for “dumpings” of cold water filled buckets and dirty contaminated river water...we armed ourselves with the cheapest water gun in the city and joined in on the fun in the 40 degree sun!



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