"XOR" wrote in message
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> Ingo Schablitzki wrote in message
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> > Miguel Cruz schrieb:
> > > Joel Smith wrote:
> > >
> > >>first let me tell you that it is NOT a good idea to be in CM during
> > >>Songran....it is hot and the streets are wild and crazy with people of
all
> > >>ages dousing you with river water, ice water for 4 to 5 days. You have
to
> > >>go around the city to avoid them. UNfortunately the foreigners are
much
> > >>worse than the locals and are to be avoided...they seem to get
posessed
> > >>and show no mercy.
> > >
> > >
> > > Sounds like fun to me. When is it this year BTW?
> > >
> > > miguel
> > Hey Miguel !
> > Date : 14 april and the days wich follow - till the water is empty ;o)
> >
> > Ingo
>
> All the expats I know try to get out of Thailand, or at least get out
> of the cities, during Songkran. It's also potentially dangerous -
> spraying water from a high powered water gun in the face of a
> motorcyclist is the cause of many a fatal traffic accident during
> Songkran. Fatal accidents skyrocket during Songkran.
>
> I suppose for a tourist, once might be fun :)
How strange - many of the expats I iknow in Chiangmai love it!!!!
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