It's the year of the Buddha 2553 this week and time for the most insane holiday of the year in Thailand; Songkran. Basically, the whole country takes off work and plays with water in the street for a week. It's been 105 degrees for a week now and will be going up the next few days. So it makes complete sense. Everyone is fair game, whether you are in a suit and tie or shorts and t-shirt. You can't walk down the street in the center of Chiang Mai without getting soaked by a grinning kid with a supersoaker complete with backpack water canister or an old lady with a garden hose or a young man with a gallon bucket. Most Thai's love it, though there are plenty of detractors as you might imagine. It's dangerous on the motorbikes, when someone throws a bucket of water in your face at 30 miles an hour. And the roads can get pretty slippery too. A friend of mine had a bucket of ice water thrown at her while she was riding her motorbike at last years Songkran and took a spill. Anyways, I will be sure to wrap my bag in plastic tomorrow before I venture out to study!
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