A thousand good reasons to go diving in Thailand!

[Bowmouth]

Reason # 376: Crushed peanut candy (my favorite snack with a cup of tea!)

 

[Bowmouth]

Reason # 377: The AMAZING cartoons from Mike Baird.
Amuzing Thai Cartoons by M.J.B.

:jumping:

 

[Bowmouth]

Reason # 378: The tree-top adventure park in Phuket.
http://xtremadventuresphuket.com

 

[Bowmouth]

Reason # 379: Old trains (like this in Kanchanaburi Province).

 

[limbo]

Reason 380 in case it wasn't mentioned yet; Songkran or Thai New Year

 

[Bowmouth]

Reason 380 in case it wasn't mentioned yet; Songkran or Thai New Year

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Songkran is already mentioned before Limbo. But why don't we change your post to:

Reason # 380 "Songkran in Chiang Mai"! The BEST place to celebrate the Thai New Year.

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Reason # 381: The ghosts of Thailand.
Thailand, Thai, Ghost, Spirit, Asian, Paranormal, Supernatural, Customs

 

[limbo]

Best place is relative, on Samui celebrations last one day and that's just enough to enjoy it. One week like in Chiang Mai is too much imho, especially having heard all the stories about using water from lakes etc to throw water. Doesn't sound very healthy.

 

[Bowmouth]

Best place is relative, on Samui celebrations last one day and that's just enough to enjoy it. One week like in Chiang Mai is too much imho, especially having heard all the stories about using water from lakes etc to throw water. Doesn't sound very healthy.

Hahahaha.... I was just trying to help!
Anyway; Chiang Mai is definitely the "hot-spot" (or should i say "wet spot") to celebrate Songkran.

Traditional Songkran celebrations last 3 days:
April 13^th, called "Wan Sungkarnlong" it, is the day that the people clean up their houses.April 14^th, called "Wan Nao", is the day people will bring food for monks and relatives. This day is the beginning day of the new year. The people must not do anything bad and not speak rude words to others.
April 15^th is "Wan Paya Wan", regarded as the best day, merit-making is the main activity during this day. There is an organized parade to bathe monks and elderly people and ask for blessing.

 

[Buadhai]

Reason #381: Interesting bird nests. This one outside our kitchen window. The entrance is about a third of the way down on the left, just below a nicely woven awning.



The bird is a Sunbird. Small with a long curved beak.

 

[Bowmouth]

Reason # 382: The Bank Of Thailand (BOT) Museum (aka money museum).
Bank of Thailand Museum. Northern Region