Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Songkran Festival

The weather here gets pretty miserable in April and May.  April 13 to 15 of each year is the Thai New Year.  In conjunction with that they have the Songkran festival.  Part of that is a country wide water fight!  I think it's a great way to try and beat the heat.  People line the streets with hoses, buckets, water and squirt guns.  Others ride around with water in the back of trucks.  

We went to the temple and watered the buddha one day.  All the water is symbolic of washing away bad luck.  Some people also make a mixture of water, flour and perfume to rub on people's faces.  We had a lot of people put that on our faces!


  We spent one day out in front of a building getting people wet as the ride by.  We spent another day riding around in the back of a truck getting splashed and splashing other.  Some people get ice and their water is frigid cold.  When we got doused with that I didn't love it as much as the normal temperature water.  I didn't get many pictures since my phone isn't waterproof.  But I did get a few.











**A big thanks to Lindsley and her GoPro for pics!**

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