Gully and Elise's Travel Blog: Thailand Loves a Good Song(kran)

Is it April already? No matter how long a vacation is, it always seems to fly by. We’re disappointed/delighted to report that we booked our flight home to Toronto. I know which thought first crossed your mind at hearing this news just now: “how will I go on living if I don’t have Gully and Elise’s blog to read?!!!” I know, I know. It’s not going to be easy, but you have another three weeks to find a therapist and prepare for the grim reality of life without our semi-weekly musings; we don’t fly home until May 10th. Oh, and we decided to throw in one more unlikely destination on our way back: Tokyo. Anyone know where to buy a good Geiger counter?

Our first week in Thailand was filled with stuff to take our minds off the fact that this charmed life we’re living is about to come crashing down in three weeks. (OMG!!! Three weeks! That’s, like, the length of a NORMAL vacation!). First, there was Songkran. Those of you who have been to Thailand might know that Songkran is the Thai New Year celebration. And, since April is the hottest month here, what better way to beat the heat on New Year’s than a massive-no-holds-barred-country-wide water fight. Here’s how it works: get all your buddies together and load up a pick-up truck with about 1000 L of water and proceed to drive around town throwing buckets of water on anyone you drive by. If you don’t know anyone with a pick-up truck then you can station yourself road-side with a garbage can full of water (ice water is preferred) and throw buckets of water on passers-by. Awesome fun. Our preferred tactic was the motorbike drive-by using water guns. The only problem with the motorbike is that little kids are constantly flinging bowls of water in your face as you go by – hilarious, however it starts to get a bit painful at around 20 km/h.

-G