The beginning

Only spent a few hours here but it was a lot of fun!  We managed to get round 3 Wat's (temples): Wat Yai Chaya Mongkol built in 1350, Wat Mahathat where there is a Buddha's head in a tree and Wat Ratcha Burana.  Going between these places we got caught up in the Songkran celebrations in amazing style.  We were riding in the back of a tuk-tuk (partially open little van thing - great description I know!) down the main street with 2 large buckets of water with us and the general idea was to soak anyone you could!  We had people jumping in the back with us when we slowed down to cover our faces in clay, got a few blasts from strong hoses, and squealed with horror when we got ice cold water thrown over us!