So today was another day I've been looking forward to for a while....not so much the logistics of it though. Had to leave the bungalow at 6am to catch the 7am ferry to Surat Thani....that was the only time we could take since we had a flight at 1:30pm from Surat Thani. Anyways, we made our flight and got into Bangkok around 2:30pm...as many of you may have seen on the news, lots of political protests going on in Bangkok right now....but it usually doesn't affect the tourists and in my first day here I didn't really know it was happening.
The Airport Express bus dropped us off just off the infamous Khao San Road and we made our trek towards the guesthouse. If I hadn't mentioned it before, this weekend is New Years' aka Songkran. Songkran is celebrated in Laos, Cambodia and Thailand and they celebrate by hitting the streets with lots of water and clay and drenching everything and everyone in sight in celebration of the upcoming rainy season. So we started making our way to our guesthouse and were soaked as soon as we hit the top of the road. By the time we checked in we and our bags were wet so we quickly ran upstairs to get some boardshorts on. Back to the street, I picked up a super soaker and met up with the Australians from Full Moon and the war began. We wandered around the neighborhood in a water fight with what seemed like all of Thailand and tons of backpackers....never done anything like this in my life, but it was sooo much fun! Reminded me a lot of Holi, the Indian Festival in April...but Thailand's version. Spent all afternoon on the streets with the guns, shooting people as they walked by....getting shot at from every direction! Ran into lots of people we've met across our travels through SE Asia...funny how everything comes full circle near the end. Just took a shower and got clean and dry from all the clay/water, but now its time to see the nightlife....I don't think I'm going to make it back home dry tonight....its a warzone out there!
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