a glimpse.

We went out again Friday for the last day of Songkran and bravely took the camera with us. We thought we just had to capture a glimpse of it all.

[the two big tubs in the back of our truck]

[we had four of these, two in each tub. this is also after we had been around town once and they had been melting…and, by the way, these are much bigger than the ones we had wednesday. my 10″ x 5″ x 4″ guess wasn’t for these. by friday the ice companies had gotten quite clever: there were trucks throughout town filled with these big blocks of ice, so everyone could stop and chill their water. and oh, was it chilly. it was pretty fun to throw water and then get a shocked “oy!” as they realized it wasn’t simply water.]

[some of our partners in crime, dan & kerrine.]

[what other trucks looked like. this, and all following photos, were taken from inside the truck. excuse the resulting bad photo quality.]

[what it looks like to be doused.]

[the construction: countless of these were built up throughout town for this week. it’s a little covering where you keep your water tub, music, and alcohol. the party hub, i suppose. this is outside of town, so it’s much quieter, but imagine the town streets lined with them…]

[when you reach the chaos of the downtown loop. it consists of two one way streets, lined on each side with party hubs, as we’ll call them.]

[the lined streets.]

[the talc powder. they mix it with water in buckets and smear it on your cheeks, and occasionally on your ears and eyes and in your mouth.]

[what it looks like to be doused. again.]

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[and if pictures can’t capture it…]