The first weekend of our spring break we celebrated Songkran, the Thai New Year. It falls during April 13-15, which is the hottest time of the year. Most Thais will bring food to monks or pour scented water over a Buddha to receive good luck for the year. The whole country pretty much shuts down for this holiday and they spend time with family and spend the time spraying water at each other. Anywhere you go, you will see people walking around with water guns prepared to spray anyone. So, if you visit over Songkran, prepare to get wet! The boys had a blast with some of the neighborhood kids and spent over 4 hours playing in the water and spraying anyone that came by. It was so much fun!
We decided to stay in Bangkok for the rest of break because we have some big summer plans in the works. Most people head to amazing locations like Malaysia, Philippines, Australia, Phuket or Chiang Mai, but good 'ole Bangkok got to keep us for the week. So, what was first on our spring break to-do list? We cleaned and organized the house. (Real exciting, right?) Ben and I also had loads of school work to do, so we tried to tackle that. We did manage to have a little fun. We took the boys to Siam Ocean World, southeast Asia's largest Aquarium. It was a really fun afternoon. We watched the shark feeding and took a glass bottom boat ride. The sharks were right under us!! When we were ready to leave, I noticed outside of the mall EVERYONE had water guns. Thankfully, they were kind and only a couple people sprayed the boys.
We also took a trip to Playtime Ekamai, an inside playground, hung out at the pool a few times, and the boys took care of a friend's dog. We had a busy, yet relaxing week. Not quite ready for school to start back up, but the countdown has begun. Only 6 weeks left!! Let's do this!
Looks like a great time!!!
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