Thaila-beck: On breaking habits and getting involved… Current mood: good ..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Well obviously I haven't broken the habit of writing very long blogs but I will Endeavour to… So the day after I last blogged we left phetchaburi I believe by train to go north to hit kanchaburi. A bit of history: kanchaburi is the place where the death railway was built and in part s...

Thaila-beck: on Songkram Current mood: good Hey its the 15th!!!! only 5 days between my last post. how good am i!?!? Well i shall now as promised tell you a bit about songkram. its pretty mental really. so the gist of songkram is that its tied in with the new year. traditionally its the time to do a big "spring clean" and a time where kids go to their grandparents or elders to ask for blessing and have holy water sprinkled on their hands. ...