Sunday 13th April 2008

We slept late again this morning and, like yesterday, when we were up and about we went to the bagel place for something to eat. It was really hot today so we decided to go down to the beach to relax. We had a look around some of the shops on the way and then went to play in the sea. The thing was, the water was really warm and not very refreshing - so instead we went into one of the big shopping centres to take advantage of their air-con. After a few hours of wandering about, in and out of the shops, we went for some lunch in one of the restaurants and had help-yourself salad. It was lush, and we ate as much as we could - filling ourselves right up.

For the past couple of days, everyone in Thailand has been celebrating the Thai New Year and with it, the Songkran Festival... or Water Festival. Basically it's just one big three-day water fight - from first thing in the morning to the last thing at night. It's a genius idea really - because everyone gets to cool down in the sweltering heat. To join in, the restaurant was giving away water pistols to every table and now we had gone from the soak-ies, to the soak-ers... Rock On!

We spent the rest of our day down at the beach, joining in with the hundreds of water fights that were going on around us. Nobody was safe. People riding on buses were attacked by people on the streets, people walking along, minding their own business, were attacked by people in cars - it was all great fun, and a great way to keep cool. Tonight we went into a bar just round the corner from 'home' and drank loads of beer whilst watching the footie. We even got into a water fight with a couple of the bar staff there too!

WATER FIGHT!