Thailand is Celebrating SONGKRAN Festival - Thai New Year

Songkran is the longest holiday in Thailand. It is a 3-day new year celebration. This year, it is celebrated on April 13-15.

During Songkran celebration, people goes to the streets bringing water with them and splashing it to the passersby. They may have water guns, pails of water, or water hose. Any passerby - whether walking or riding on any form of transpo will be splashed with water.

Songkran is done this way because Thai people believed that by throwing water, a person will be cleansed from all sins he has done previously. New year, new life. Elders usually go to the temple and pray. But youngsters celebrate this festival for fun by throwing water to each other.

Foreigners in Thailand also join Thai people in celebrating Songkran Festival.

Bangpu Nature Education Centre

This place is located at Samutprakhan Province, 37 kilometers away from Bangkok.

Bang Pu Rehabilitation and Nature Education Centre is a mangrove area with mudflats in it. It is an ecosystem which serves as a habitat of almost 400 different species of flora and fauna. And with 8,000 visitors per annum.

Contact:

Terrayuth La-orphanphol - Manager

Email: thaiyuth@hotmail.com

Bangpu Nature and Education Centre

162 Moo 2 Sukhumvit Road,

Bangpu Mai, Muang,

Samutprakhan 10280

Tel: 02 709 5005

Fax: 02 323 3073

Anglo Singapore International School (Bangkok)

ASIS has celebrated Sports Day and Songkran Festival on April 5th 2011. Songran is Thailand's greatest water festival which happens every April. People are splashing water to everyone. You'll really get wet when you go out during Songkran.

Summer is Back Again

After two consecutive cold weeks, summer has been back. The sun has back on April 1st. According to Thai meteorology, warm weather is expected to come on early April. And now it has really come.

The temperature is expected to rise up to 40 degrees during the whole summer duration.

Most people were happy because of the drop of temperature last two weeks ago. It seemed like we were having winter during the summer. Many had wished it would last forever. But many are disappointed when the temperature rises back again to its normal range during summer.