My First Songkran Festival in Bangkok after Coming Back

Children Play Water on Songkran Day – Photo by My Sister

I think Songkran Day is the biggest festival in Thailand. Compared with New Year celebration on January 1, traditional Thai New Year is still be the most popular celebration in Thailand. Not only Thai people have been waiting for playing with water in Songkran Day, but also the foreigners from around the world are coming to enjoy it.

Songkran Day in the past, people always prepared the food to go to temple for making merit in the morning. But today, I saw the kids wake up early to prepare water guns and buckets of water instead.

I heard from my sister that recently the street in front of our house has been so crowded for playing with water in this festival. It often causes a terrible traffic jam from ten o’clock in the morning till two or three o’clock in the morning of the next day. That’s the reason why I prefer staying home.

This year, my nephew went to Silom Street, one of most famous celebration places for Songkran Festival in Bangkok. Another interesting and popular place for Thais and foreign tourists is Khao San Road, Banglamphu District. This is the place that maybe, I will take Jane there one day. It would be crazy and she would love it.

Happy Water Festival.