# 38 Have a week-long water fight & make it a national holiday...
Every April in Thailand brings the traditional Thai New Year called Songkran. It is a time to bless the elderly & the monks by sprinkling water on them...and has progressed to an all-out water fight.
This year, the official holiday fell on the 13-15th, but the festivities often start the week before & last for about two weeks. Chaing Mai is the place to be if you want to get crazy (a little like New Orleans for Mardi Gras) so we decided to head over to check it out.
I packed all of my stuff in plastic garbage bags just to be safe & I was glad I did! When we got to Chaing Mai, we grabbed a songtao to take us to our hotel. The back of the songtao was enclosed, so we figured that we would be safe. Boy were we wrong. The first light we stopped at, we had people jumping onto the back of the songtao & dumping buckets of water on us, at the same time, someone opened one of the windows and stuck a hose inside...we were soaking and it we hadn't even been in the city for 30 min!
Some pics...
This is on the main road.
Even the kids get soaked!
Sarah & Cale
Everyone gets wet!
Some of the Peace Corps crew...
Cale
Motorcycles are the worst form of transportation during Songkran.
Here's a "lady-boy" having a blast!
Tina & Liz
They put barrels in the back of trucks & splash people as they drive by.
The guys in their crazy Songkran shirts.
Even though April is the hottest month in Thailand, I would definately recommend coming just to get wet! It was a blast! 
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