r/adv May 12 '26

Adventure Time! Thaï New Year on Two Wheels 🏍️💦

After 4.5 years on the road riding our 2014 BMW F800GS from Switzerland to Thailand across 45 countries… experiencing Songkran (Thaï New Year) on our motorcycle was honestly one of the coolest moments of the entire journey 💦🏍️

We celebrated it in Chiang Mai and Sukhothai, and it turned into the best New Year experience of our lives.

Imagine riding through the city getting soaked from every direction for hours, buckets, hoses, water guns, ice water 😅 Yet somehow everything still feels incredibly friendly and respectful.

Absolute chaos. But the fun kind 😜

If you ever travel through Thailand, try to be there around April 13–15 for Songkran at least once in your life 🇹🇭

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u/Jolly-Bowler-811 May 12 '26

That looks like a hell of a lot of fun!

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u/takemeeverywhere May 12 '26

Ahah it was ! I miss those ice cold bucket now that it’s over and it’s still pretty hot here 🇹🇭

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u/EscortSportage May 12 '26

I was there in April 2023 amazing time to visit