Caution: Slippery When Wet

April 11:  Food Fest Preparations

April 12:   Songkran Preparations at Wat Phra That Choeng Chum      This Year the Buddhist statutes are lined up along the temple grounds for worshipers to douse.      Caution:  When wet, the marble tile can be quite slippery in places      Obvious to me was the absence of larger statues on display in past years      Donations kindly accepted      As I was leaving the temple I passed the stage area.       One of the stage hands insisted that I take his picture and quite boisterously said      Welcome to Thailand !!      After having been here for almost a decade, it's still great to hear that

Subdued Songkran?      Bangkok Post published an article Songkran spending subdued      Noticed that locally      Only spotted two huts along the 'wet route.'   One quite meager at that.      There were a lot more in past years      Also in past years, the city set up water barrels and insured they were filled.  Did not see that this year.      Could be that they were running behind schedule in their preparations?      If you want to avoid all the water festivities,               you may opt to go for                    a pleasant boat ride on Nong Hahn