Ready for a soaking

Songkran soaking

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April 16th 2010
Next day after trekking, and on the final day of Songkran, Xan, Mr Wolf and I joined the guest house staff, their families and friends celebrations. They had Thai music blasting from speakers facing out onto the road, two big barrels of water being fed by hosepipes, talc and lots of small bowls with which we could hurl water at passers by and each other. As soon as they saw us coming we were s ... read more

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more