Sawat Dee Pi Mai Krup - Its Songkran

Yes it's that time of year - Thai New Year - and what a good / bad time it is depending upon your mood.

This year it has been officially sanction as a 3 day holiday by the Government, great if you are a Thai or into reliving that lost childhood bad news if you have a business to run and want to get down to work.

You see all of Thailand (except Pattaya that is a special circumstance) goes into a 3 day water fight frenzy...

... the whole country gets involved, super soaker water canon sales soar, it draws tourists in like flies and keeps most ex-pats with battening down the hatches and holing up during daylight hours.

I tried to get out the front of my place just now to take a photo of the action both ways just on my street but the keen looks at the dry farang (foreigner) made me think twice about venturing out with a camera so you'll just have to do a Google image search for yourself or head down to Pattaya.

Pattaya being a tourist destination of course has their Songkran festival almost a week later so all the Thais working can get home and visit the family over the New Year then come back to celebrate and "go and play with water" when Pattaya city is turned from the worlds biggest fun park into the worlds biggest water park, the whole town, every square inch is a water fight battle zone

If you're out there good luck and remember to leave your valuables at home.

There is a long playing video watchable here