Monday, April 13, 2009

Black Songkran

Traditionally, April 13th is the first day of Songkran, Thailand's famous water festival, where people throughout the country come together for a no holds barred water fight. Typically, this consists of buckets of ice cold water dumped down your back and stinging streams of ice water sprayed into your eyes via the latest hi-tech squirt guns.


Always on the leading edge of Songkran water warfare, the Thai military, inspired by the red shirts, has introduced its latest Songkran super soaker - the water cannon.

Not to be outdone by the military, the red shirts have unveiled the flaming gas tank (the 21st century cousin of the water balloon),

and have hi-jacked LPG tanker trucks, strategically placed throughout Bangkok, to ensure the fun never ends.

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