New Year Celebrations Going Strong

Thailand is enjoying the Songkran Thai New Year celebrations, meaning that we are approaching the half way through April at the peak of the Thai hot season.

But Thailand has been experiencing some strange weather the past few weeks with heavy rains and flooding in parts of the south. Thankfully, this is behind us and the situation at the Samui archipelago has returned to normal with beautiful weather.

And now in Bangkok, they are having some strange weather. With temperatures dropping to 18ºC , the locals have been donning jumpers and scarves in the mornings and evenings. Even foreigners were sighted wearing jeans and fleeces to accommodate the cool weather and winds.

I am confident that the temperature will be nice and warm when I go in June to Bangkok and Koh Samui. If your clients are interested in visiting Thailand over the next year, I highly recommend our 12 Day Beaches, Bangkok and Beijing starting from CAD 2169 featuring 4 and 5 star hotels.

Go Nucks!

Otis Ashby
Sales & Operations

Happy New Year! Again!

This time we are celebrating in Thailand! The festival is known as the Songkran festival which will last for three consecutive days April 13-15. This festival is observed nationwide and the most famous Songkran celebrations are in the northern city of Chiang Mai, where it continues for six days and even longer.

The most common celebration of Songkran is the throwing of water. People will roam the streets with containers of water or water guns and drench each other and passersby. April is the hottest month in Thailand so the cool water is refreshing.

Besides the throwing of water, people celebrating Songkran may also go to a Buddhist monastery known as a wat to pray and give food to monks. In cities such as Chiang Mai, the Buddha images from the city's important monasteries are paraded through the streets so that people can toss water at them, ritually 'bathing' the images, as they pass by on ornately decorated floats.

If your clients interested in visiting Thailand over the next year, I highly recommend our 12 Day Beaches, Bangkok and Beijing starting from CAD 2169 featuring 4 and 5 star hotels. I will also be returning to Thailand this June so expect more exciting news and specials from Chinapac.

Have a wet and happy Songkran!

Regards,

Otis Ashby
Sales & Operations