Good lord, it’s been three weeks since I posted last. Well, it’s been a busy few weeks, plus I had a case of the lazies for a while, but it’s a good thing they’re over, because next week is all about: sleeping in! That’s right, it’s Songkran, the Thai New Year. I’m not going to write a post about the history of Songkran or its background or customs. It’s a huge-ass waterfight for four or five days that pretty much shuts the country down. Think Christmas/Thanksgiving but it’s 38ºC and everyone has a water cannon. But despite the Songkran-themed banner image above, the holiday does become a bit tiring once you’ve done it a few times, so this year I’m doing what I do best – staying in and ignoring the whole shebang.
Sure, it’s fun to head out and enjoy a crazy waterfight for an hour or so, but Songkran goes all day and night in many parts of the city. Most people have a nice little watergun full of room-temperature water, but many also have huge water cannons full of ice-water, beer – or worse. The only good thing is, there’s so many thousands of gallons of water being thrown around, it’s hard to notice or even care.
At any rate, this year I’m continuing my Songkran tradition of geeking out with frieinds, ordering a pizza and staying inside. Last year it was all three extended editions of Lord of the Rings. This year it will be Firefly.
So, have a good one folks. May you be soaked in a million liters of clean water and have a whack o’ fun. Me, I’ll be inside, dry, and watching Mal and his gang do their thing one bad guy at a time.
If this doesn’t warm the cockles of your heart, you either need to get a new heart, or watch Firefly immediately.
The biggest party on the planet and you blog about how you are going to stay in and watch TV. Have fun.
I will be there but mostly I am impressed you found a picture of a Snoopy Transformer.
You're lucky! 4 or 5 days try Pattaya – the idiots (read tourists) started 2 days ago and they go on for about another 7 or 8 days. Yep! 10 days of druken stupidity, ear, nose and throat infections and emergency room visits.
Luckily before 10am it's only a few polite little kids, the real train wrecks don't get out of bed until after 11am.
Mr Williams, as Greg said it's fun for about an hour, that can extend to several hours if drinking with friends but that is about it. Some of us have things to do during this time and getting blasted by annoying foreigners gets tiring. The Thais are at least polite enough to let you pass with a little water on your hand if you look like you are going somewhere important.
Actually David from Mangosauce says it well at:
http://www.mangosauce.com/diary/i_fucking_hate_songkran.php
What a party pooper – just like me. But I did get out for one afternoon to take some snaps. My camera made me do it.
You'll be happy to know that after a week of "Songkran" idiocy already that the official Pattaya Songkran started today, so we have 3 more days of importeded drunken social misfits and locals making life dangerous and annoying.
Thankfully it started absolutely bucketing down rain – thankyou Buddha.