He shot me!

Chiang Mai was a blast! We landed and were greeted by Terra and Teep who picked us up at the airport. They laughed at us because we had our squirt guns strapped to our backpacks and were ready for Sonkran. Chiang Mai is the happening place for celebrating Sonkran. Sonkran is the Thai's celebration of their New Year. On Saturday we started our day with visiting the largest temple in Chiang Mai. We had our squirt guns in hand and we were ready to attack. We had a blast squrting people as they passed and bringing smiles to their faces. Sometimes we'd squirt people and they would have no idea where it came from and they would look up into the sky thinking a bird pooped on them. We'd always crack up. After our visit to the temple, Terra and teep picked us up and we all piled into the back of Teep's cousins truck with huge trash cans full of water, small buckets to toss the water, and our squirt guns. We drove along the canal, where there were so many trucks doing the same thing as us. The street was jam packed and we moved so slow. Some people put large ice cubes in their water and were throwing that at us. It was a blast! We squrited people as they drove by, got splashed with ice cold water, and refilled our water when we ran out from the canals. Sometimes Songtaews (the taxi trucks) would drive by and we would see people sitting in the back behind the protection trying not to get wet. So me and Cherise would jump out, run behind their truck and splash everyone who was sitting inside. It was insane! All around everyone was throwing water at each other, whether from a standing position in front of their shops, on the street, or from their slowly moving truck. I've never had so much fun with a squirt gun before. And every time I would get shot from a squirt gun, I would look up and see a very joyful face and then I would lift up my squirt gun and shoot right back at that joyful face :)