During our travels through Thailand, we ended up in the vicinity of Chiang Rai during their New Year’s celebrations.

Originally celebrated by tossing a few drops of water on each other (to start out a ‘clean’ New Year), it has turned into an all-out water war on the streets, with people of all ages soaking each other with squirt guns, buckets, hoses, and whatever else they can use ...

In this case, with an entire pitcher of ice water down Ilana’s back.