CELEBRATING SONGKRAN IN PATONG

You may have heard about it, or seen photos of it, but there is nothing like experiencing the 'water play' of Thailand's Songkran festival. Every April, the country celebrates its new year by descending into a watery chaos. From the smallest child to the oldest inhabitant, irrespective of religious or cultural background, everyone takes to the street. The original practice of sprinkling water over your nearest and dearest as a sign of good luck, has morphed into hoses in the face, buckets of iced water over your head and water pistol wars. Tourist, local, ex-pat, monk, bartender, policeman, ping-pong girl... they're all at it. This year, we went to Patong's famous Bangla Road to see what all the fuss is about. Armed with waterproof cameras and water guns, we went into battle. Drenched, strafed, bombed and blasted for five hours, it was bloody hilarious. This is a quick glimpse of the craziness. We will post more footage in our full-length sailing log in the coming weeks. ****************************** Be one of the good guys: https://www.patreon.com/followtheboat Be the first to know: http://eepurl.com/B9Ykn Subscribe to our youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=spannerheadz Blog: http://www.followtheboat.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/followtheboat Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/followtheboat ****************************** Soundtrack credit: "Raveyard" by Meizong https://soundcloud.com/dj-meizong/raveyard