Songkran has started and we spent the first day water-battling our neighbours and the surrounding guesthouses' owners' kids. This is war, no kidding. Our waterguns are definitely not powerful enough. It seems the local kids are much more experienced and prepared. They dispose of multiple weapons, plus their parents prepare giant buckets of ICE water. That's a killer, that's for sure!

On the second day, I was sick (because I had spent the previous day drenched in water) and I felt pain in my left shoulder. I'm sad to say this, but I guess I AM getting old. A bit of exercice and I get all weak :)

The good part was that it rained all day so I could stay inside watching Asian Food Channel without missing any action.

On the 3rd day of the water festival, we warmed up with the kids in our street then took off with a couple of Frenchies to the main street. It was UNBELIEVABLE. People were crammed on the sidewalks with giant buckets to refill the small buckets and waterguns, motorbikes and cars were doing their best to get through traffic, trucks were filled with people shooting and throwing water into the crowd.

My best battles were against a guy selling waterguns (he was vicious), another man at least twice my age but who was having fun like a kid and finally, the 3 Thai boys who put a mixture of water and flour on my face.

We should really have this water festival Montreal!