On the last day of Songkran Tuk drove Micah, Terry, and me to Ayutthaya (about 1 hour north of Bangkok) for some more water festival fun. We first went to Ray's family house near the city. We put two 55 gallon containers in the back of a pick up truck and filled them with water.
Our armament for the water fight included super soaker and regular squirt guns. But the most effective way for delivering water to a target is by using a bowl - sort of a shot gun approach but works pretty well. Fully armed we climbed into the back of the pick up truck and headed for Ayutthaya - looking for trouble.
There were hundreds of other pickup trucks loaded with water and seasoned water fighters in the city. At first we got the worst of it but as the day wore on we started to hold our own. I got pretty good at timing and could deliver water to an oncoming truck or motorcycle and hit the target with the bulk of the water in my bowl for maximum dousing effect. But, by far, our favorite target was anyone riding on an elephant - we hit several of those.
We refilled our water containers twice and bought ice blocks to put in them. We used about 330 gallons of water. We were in the city throwing water for four hours but did take a couple breaks to eat and drink beer. We also bought a rice wheat flour paste that we could spread on people's faces (as a blessing) and they did the same to us.
I'm not proud of this, but there were some Buddhist monks who were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Things got out of hand, mistakes were made, and the monks got wet.
I hope the karmic payback is not too severe.
Our armament for the water fight included super soaker and regular squirt guns. But the most effective way for delivering water to a target is by using a bowl - sort of a shot gun approach but works pretty well. Fully armed we climbed into the back of the pick up truck and headed for Ayutthaya - looking for trouble.
There were hundreds of other pickup trucks loaded with water and seasoned water fighters in the city. At first we got the worst of it but as the day wore on we started to hold our own. I got pretty good at timing and could deliver water to an oncoming truck or motorcycle and hit the target with the bulk of the water in my bowl for maximum dousing effect. But, by far, our favorite target was anyone riding on an elephant - we hit several of those.
We refilled our water containers twice and bought ice blocks to put in them. We used about 330 gallons of water. We were in the city throwing water for four hours but did take a couple breaks to eat and drink beer. We also bought a rice wheat flour paste that we could spread on people's faces (as a blessing) and they did the same to us.
I'm not proud of this, but there were some Buddhist monks who were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Things got out of hand, mistakes were made, and the monks got wet.
I hope the karmic payback is not too severe.
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