Thailand Culture Water Festival Madness
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Now where were we?
Here I was in Krabi for the Songkran festival. Man it was mad behavior, but quite refined and pleasant. What a beautiful location. Of course towards the end of the day after the heat and the beer and the flow of liquids many Thai lads started going a bit crazy.
I kept well away from it but you could see it was turning bizarre for want of a better word. The normally pleasant Thailand lifestyle was turning mental.
We sat in the back of a 4x4 loaded with tanks of water and water guns and pistols and pump machines and pretty much prepared to get wet.
With a few hundred other Thais doing the same we travelled around the Krabi area including the beautiful Ao Nang and Noppharat Thara beaches.
The rest of the time one is just exploring beaches, walking through crablands and probably precious ecosytems and all that. I'd really like to see the Thais educated more about preserving their environment and looking after it.
I guess that means not collecting starfish in plastic bags then forgetting about them a few hours later...
I think the Thais have logged, cut, removed, farmed and you name it to heaps of the natural areas down here in the south. You'd have loved to be here 500 years ago when it was in a natural pristine state, it would be completely awe inspiring.
Trees of incredible height and magnificence. Now it's rubber gardens or palm plantations as far as the eye can see... (But that's a story for another time).
Anyway enjoy the pictures it's just a visual exploration of the Thailand culture enriched journeys I sometimes take. Or whatever you want to call it.
Take Care
The White Ape
Boldly going where no other apes go.
ps these pics ain't got anything to do with the Songkran festival you'll have to wait for the waterproof casing for that one...
Now where were we?
Here I was in Krabi for the Songkran festival. Man it was mad behavior, but quite refined and pleasant. What a beautiful location. Of course towards the end of the day after the heat and the beer and the flow of liquids many Thai lads started going a bit crazy.
I kept well away from it but you could see it was turning bizarre for want of a better word. The normally pleasant Thailand lifestyle was turning mental.
We sat in the back of a 4x4 loaded with tanks of water and water guns and pistols and pump machines and pretty much prepared to get wet.
With a few hundred other Thais doing the same we travelled around the Krabi area including the beautiful Ao Nang and Noppharat Thara beaches.
The rest of the time one is just exploring beaches, walking through crablands and probably precious ecosytems and all that. I'd really like to see the Thais educated more about preserving their environment and looking after it.
I guess that means not collecting starfish in plastic bags then forgetting about them a few hours later...
I think the Thais have logged, cut, removed, farmed and you name it to heaps of the natural areas down here in the south. You'd have loved to be here 500 years ago when it was in a natural pristine state, it would be completely awe inspiring.
Trees of incredible height and magnificence. Now it's rubber gardens or palm plantations as far as the eye can see... (But that's a story for another time).
Anyway enjoy the pictures it's just a visual exploration of the Thailand culture enriched journeys I sometimes take. Or whatever you want to call it.
Take Care
The White Ape
Boldly going where no other apes go.
ps these pics ain't got anything to do with the Songkran festival you'll have to wait for the waterproof casing for that one...
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