[JohnK]

I have spent 2 Songkrans in Thailand now and never again. The first I wanted to see what the novelty was all about, the second was an absolute mistake. A lesson quickly learnt is to stay indoors between 12:00 noon and 7:30pm during the Songkran festival.

The Thais are generally OK it is the lowlife falangs that spoil it and intentianally go out of their way to hurt others. What sort of person would spray someone on a moving motorcycle, in heavy traffic, with a high pressure water cannon, that supposedly has been banned by the government but still on sale on the streets in open view of the police? The death toll from these type of deaths is astounding and would be totally unacceptable in any other part of the world.