Songkran!

So, as promised, April has been quite wild so far! We had the celebration of Thailand's New Year, also called Songkran. It's a water-based festival where throwing fresh water on people symbolizes a new beginning and washing away sins and fresh starts. What it really becomes is a free for all water battle where everyone shoots water guns and throws buckets of water at unsuspecting passerbys. There are no rules... doesn't matter if you've got luggage, if you're riding a scooter, if you're dry...

Hopefully this video will explain a little bit:

 

Here's the link if the video doesnt work: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u6nYgc1Lmc

We started drinking and celebrating around noon and the party lasted all day. One bar had a water slide hooked up that led from the bar into the ocean, which was pretty awesome although slightly dangerous with a bunch of drunk people. There were massive pool parties, lots of water guns and lots and lots of beer! No one was dry all day, if you weren't wet on land, you were in the ocean. It was such a fun day and I really enjoyed this New Years celebration. I think I like it better than American New Years celebrations! Maybe I'll try to get this one going next December 31st.... hahaha. 

In other April news, a few days before Songkran, I saw my first Koh Tao whaleshark!!!! I was fun diving with a friend from Australia who's been working in Phi Phi for the last few months. Dylan came out for a few days on his way back home and I took him fun diving... he must have had good luck because on his first dive on Koh Tao, he spotted a 4m whaleshark cruising by! I almost missed it, but luckily I turned around at the right minute! Hopefully this is the start of the season for them, so I might be seeing them more often! Fingers crossed! 

That's all for now! 

Love and fishes!