Drive by... Lao style

A typical scene during the 3 (or 4 actually) day holiday. People on the side of the street throwing water at anything the goes by them, and people in cars, tuk-tuks, motorbikes, and yes, crammed dangerously into the back of pickups, throwing water at anything they go by. The result is quite fun, but makes for some difficult, and wet, tuk-tuk rides.

My kingdom for our damn car (it arrives Thursday, so maybe I won't give away my kingdom just yet). Anyway, our friend Erin had a water gun in her car at the ready all the time, so whenever we'd use it, people would be very surprised, then generally excited, that a car full of falangs were taking part in the water fight.

And now it's over until next year. It's not a bad idea, really. Every time you start to think 'damn it's hot out' someone would come along and douse you. Like air conditioning outside, but with buckets of water.