Songkran Day In Thailand

April 13 has special significance because it is in Thailand, Songkran Thai New Year festival which until 1940 was the year the New Siam. The festival is the most important part of Thai tradition and calendar events to be held when the sun moves from Pisces

As the country prepares to party the New Year through the third in four months in Chiang Mai is always worth a hub of activity and there will be a celebration that is most healthy.
If you intend to be at the center of what you should be engaged If not quickly. Main event will take place over three days beginning on day 13.

firecrackers will be out in the morning on day 13 as people began to spring clean their homes. In the afternoon, the local Buddha statue from the temple is paraded through the streets as people threw water on purification. (Water and perfume fragrance and flowers) to take a bath picture
Ceremony is not held on the second day of New Year's separate from the original.

Songkarn Days (Thai Festivel)

New Year begins on the third day. But water splashing will occur continuously throughout the festival started as a drenching day nine in the morning and go until at sunset. It continues for at least four days and sometimes longer in rural areas. Drive slowly and be careful, you hit the water at high speed, especially if you're on a motorcycle.

Arm yourself with the country tanks, guns and anything that can be sprayed water projects - and soak it all But the monks of the elderly and very young mothers carrying. Wear clothes you can be wet and happy in. Foreigners are often targeted hospitality to prevent camera, bags, etc. in a plastic bag.


Of course, that events are not limited to water, Chiang Mai is the country possessed in the hottest months of the year complete.
Bangkok is likely to face more competition to the drenching as Pattaya, which is seen almost two weeks of very happy with the track immediately after the festival Pattaya New Year.
For those in the party mood at the more traditonal style parade, and more can be seen in Hua Hin or village north
But the cornerstone is the first book or to be disappointed. Booking far in advance, and even guest houses that often have the capacity before the Songkran Festival. Train and bus tickets are impossible to find in a family festival, head up country to visit their families. Both countries are in transit for weeks.

For 2001, the town beach was full of reservations, and sometimes beyond the northern city of Chiang Mai and Kanchanaburi, which often show the final price of the accommodation.
For this purpose, value for money is a tourist place, most provinces do not increase their prices escalated rate of close to the beach resort. Also recently, resentment can be seen clearly "forced" Songkran dinner, which began to appear in some hotel.
Neighboring Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Nepal have similar festivals in the period of time, so maybe the best year for the region is not just. But the land of smiles venturing out of one for the holidays or to avoid drenching can be destroyed in the same way when booking dations - accommo flight also make tourist attractions are very popular in Malaysia. and Indonesia has allowed for visitors to Easter.
For many foreigners is a great opportunity to make progress in exploring the area you want to place them a few extra days. The holidays are Teman Negara and Kinabalu mountain with Orangutan Sanctuary Sandakan in Malaysia. China cruise ship in the Yangtze prove more popular, especially with the wall and travel Terracotta Warrior cast visit to Japan before the festival flowers May to be a cheap (!) Treatment over months. come. For the Philippines, Cebu and Boracay seems closer on a special value to be taken into account. Although Sri Lanka celebrate Easter as one of the places they need a little extra time to see enough of it - and Songkran is the perfect time for that.

All in all it was a big break as the new year for all three residence permit in those As was true of the facts found here are many alternatives of how to spend the holidays.
My personal take is to take advantage of the empty town hall and see all the things I have been unable to reach out during heavy traffic - measured Indrawiharn, the PM House, Vimanmek, Suan Pakkard, Ancient -. - Enjoy also some non-pollution days.

Bangkok is a serious holiday for treatment at any time, especially when the Songkran is least busy and everything so interesting, I'll definitely be accesible, but not wet behind the ears Sa-wad-dee-pee-mai.