Songkran Festival

April 13th – 15th, 2011

Songkran Festival is the traditional Thai New Year celebrated on April 13th. Families and friends gather to celebrate by visiting temples, sprinkling water on Buddha images in reverence, and sprinkling water on each other's hands as an act of wishing good luck.

In recent years, the tradition of sprinkling water has been interpreted by youngsters as a great excuse for a water fight, and it is not uncommon to have buckets and containers of water thrown at you by teams of merry makers in the backs of trucks as you make your way down the street - particularly in major tourist areas like Patong.

Small children delight in equipping themselves with water guns and spraying anyone who comes in their path - no one is exempt! Remember this date when you are in Patong and leave your cameras and anything likely to suffer water damage behind in your hotel roo

m, because you will get wet.

Where to Enjoy Songkran

While all of the island celebrates Songkran, the most active area is Patong. Driving there might take you hours as roads are gridlocked by pickup trucks carrying youngsters playing with water. At the end of the day, things quiet down, but i f you are a party person, water battle will continue past midnight in the famous Bangla Road.

The sunlight brightens in the afternoon at longitude of 98 and a degree of 24 arcminute at the western converges on latitude of 7 degrees and 59 north arcminute. In the range that closes the equator especially in hot season is here making a pale skin to be a tan skin instead. But a safety may be affected on your healthy skin. The global warming with an amounts of ozone that is decreased, making others rays from the sunlight has affected directly to you without any barricades. The long infrared ray makes you feel hot, weary, and ran out of energy.