Celebrating Thai New Year – Songkran Festival 2014

Planning to visit Bangkok, the fascinating capital of Thailand, for your next vacation? Then start making preparations for your sojourn right now and book cheap flights to Bangkok. Head to Bangkok in April this year as the beautiful Thai capital is all set to mesmerize you with spectacular shows and festivity. The Thai New Year, popularly known as Songkran Festival, will be celebrated from April 13 to 15, 2014. This is one time of the year when the whole of Thailand is immersed in revelry. But visiting Bangkok during this time has its own joys. The city presents a riot of colors with various events and partying taking place.
 
For Thai people the Songkran Festival brings good luck and washes away bad luck. However, hordes of tourists from Western countries like United States, Europe and other countries essentially view Songkran as the Water Festival because the festival has largely become the wild water throwing event. The streets of Bangkok present a vibrant, colorful scene with people engaged in the water fight. Roaming on Bangkok’s streets is bound to make you wet. So, better be prepared for this and enjoy all the fun.

There are exciting times ahead in the Soingkran Festival as you will witness gangs of youth out on the streets with pump-action water guns, hosepipes and buckets ready to splash water on to the people. It’s a joy to see convoys of pickup trucks with large water barrels roaming the streets with dozens of people ready for a friendly water fight. Being in Bangkok during Songkran Festival is indeed exciting and enjoyable.