Watersports, Take Two

Awhile back, I blogged about Watersports. Well, technically I blogged about the Songkran festival, and entitled the post "Watersports."

Since I didn't want to get my new digital camera wet, I carried it around in a ziplock bag along with my money. The following photos two are NOT mine, I do not take credit for them, but I will show you what other braver photographers caught through their lenses.

Notice how in the photo on the left, there's a truck with a bed full of people and a large trashcan. Yup...the fill it with water, and will soak people with what's inside...or use it to stock up their water guns and bowls. I was amazed at the unity Songkran provided to the people, both natives and non. Old, young, rich, poor, man, woman...EVERYONE for the most part participated. The smiles on the little kids faces made it worthwhile for me personally.




































Here is a photo I took myself. It was getting dark, so I apologize for the poor quality, but you can see it's almost mob like. Sean said it's the most packed and wild and crazy he's seen the festivities. This was taken from up on a SkyTrain platform. I took several more pictures, but this one is the only one that turned out.











After the Grand Palace visit on Friday, we trekked off for the some Songkran action of our own. There was a near by park with lots of things going on. Kite flying, sandcastle building, and of course, water throwing!























After spending time at the park area, we were all soaked and tired, and took a water taxi to head toward home.
























Sarah and James packed up that evening and left for Hua Hin, where James is 'studying' abroad this semester.

Sean then preprared a tasty dinner of noodles, thai sauce, and fresh mango and ice cream for dessert. As he was blessing the meal, he thanked God "for another year". Then it hit me. It was April 13th...Sean's birthday! I had in my mind it was Saturday, so I was saving the celebration fun for then. I quickly apologized and explained the misunderstanding.

Saturday morning came, and Sean and I got ready for church. He's Seventh-day Aventist, and they belive God's Sabbath is on Saturday. We shared a ride to church in a taxi with a charming black woman named Halien (SP? like alien with an H on front). One of the ways SDA's observe God's Sabbath is by not conducting business from sundown Friday evening until sundown Saturday evening.

For a late lunch Saturday, Sean made a surprisingly tasty tofu-loaf (a meatloaf spinoff), some cheesy scalloped potatoes, brussell sprouts, and cranberry sauce. I hadn't had the pleasure of experiencing tofu before...that's why I said it was surprisingly tasty.

After napping and lounging, Sean and I hit the town for tasty fruit beverages at the SkyBar...64 stories up, atop the Sirroco Hotel. Again these two photos are not mine, but do give a great example of the breaktaking views of Bangkok from the SkyBar.





















The skybar is off to the right with the green/blue glowing bar in the right picture.

Alcohol costs about what we pay in the states, but we were also paying for the view too...close to 40 dollars total for just two drinks.

We then made our way to DJ Station...an awesome yet typical gay bar. More on the drag show and a trip to a very special pool coming up tomorrow.

Smooches

"W"