Vannfestival-nyttår, måned for måned rundt om i verden
Songkran, Thingyan, Pi Mai, Chaul Chnam: tre dager med vann i gatene og en uke med stengte kontorer og fulle busser.
41 reisemål på SeasonMap, rangert innenfor hver måned etter komfortscoren — for poenget er ikke bare hvor sesongen pågår, men om været er verdt turen mens den gjør det.
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Antall reisemål med vannfestival-nyttår på gang den måneden. Vinduene flytter seg litt hvert år.
Vannfestival-nyttår i april
- Kalaw 🇲🇲 MyanmarThingyan water festival · 13.–17. aprFour days when the buses stop, the trekking guides go home to their villages and the market shuts.77
- Inle Lake 🇲🇲 MyanmarThingyan water festival · 13.–17. aprFour days of water thrown from every roadside in Nyaungshwe, with boats, banks and most kitchens shut alongside it.72
- Ko Tao 🇹🇭 ThailandSongkran · 13.–15. aprSairee's single beach road turns into a water fight for three days and the dive schools take the time off.70
- Ngapali 🇲🇲 MyanmarThingyan water festival · 13.–17. aprThe Burmese new year lands right at the end of the beach season, when domestic visitors from Yangon fill whatever is still open before it all shuts for the rains.69
- Jinghong 🇨🇳 ChinaDai Water-Splashing Festival · 13.–16. aprThe Dai new year, and the biggest thing that happens here: dragon boats on the Mekong, a market that runs all night, and three days in which nobody stays dry.68
- Kampot 🇰🇭 CambodiaKhmer New Year · 13.–16. aprThe riverfront fills with Cambodian families and most of the foreign-run places take the days off.66
- Ko Phi Phi 🇹🇭 ThailandSongkran · 13.–15. aprThree days of water fights through the village lanes, which on an island this narrow means everyone.66
- Ko Pha Ngan 🇹🇭 ThailandSongkran · 13.–15. aprThong Sala turns into a water fight for three days and the ferries either side are the fullest of the season.66
- Kep 🇰🇭 CambodiaKhmer New Year · 13.–17. aprPhnom Penh comes to the coast for it and Kep's picnic huts and crab market are taken from dawn.66
- Hsipaw 🇲🇲 MyanmarThingyan water festival · 13.–17. aprFour days of water thrown from the roadside and almost everything shut with it — trains, banks, the guesthouse kitchen.66
- Pakse 🇱🇦 LaosPi Mai, Lao New Year · 13.–17. aprWater in the streets at the hottest point of the year and a week when buses, banks and most kitchens stop.65
- Hua Hin 🇹🇭 ThailandSongkran · 13.–15. aprWater in the streets around the clock and one of the busiest weekends the town gets, because half of Bangkok drives down for it rather than going north.64
- Koh Rong 🇰🇭 CambodiaKhmer New Year · 13.–17. aprSihanoukville empties onto the islands for three days and the ferries run full both ways.64
- Pattaya 🇹🇭 ThailandSongkran · 13.–15. aprThree days of it on Beach Road and Second Road, which here means hoses and pickup trucks rather than a polite splash.63
- Ko Lipe 🇹🇭 ThailandSongkran · 13.–15. aprA small-island version: buckets on Walking Street and the boat crews joining in, without the scale of the mainland.63
- Ko Samui 🇹🇭 ThailandSongkran · 13.–15. aprChaweng's beach road becomes a three-day water fight and the ring road crawls.62
- Sihanoukville 🇰🇭 CambodiaKhmer New Year · 13.–16. aprThe whole country comes to this coast for it.62
- Phuket 🇹🇭 ThailandSongkran · 13.–15. aprThree days of water thrown at everyone from pickup trucks and the roadside, in the hottest week of the year.61
- Pai 🇹🇭 ThailandSongkran · 13.–15. aprWater along the walking street and the Thai crowd back for it despite the smoke.61
- Ko Lanta 🇹🇭 ThailandSongkran · 13.–15. aprWater in the street through Old Town and Saladan, and the island's last busy weekend before the season turns.61
- Ko Chang 🇹🇭 ThailandSongkran · 13.–15. aprThe last big weekend before the island winds down — Thai groups down from Bangkok, water on the beach road, and the ferries at capacity both ways.61
- Khao Lak 🇹🇭 ThailandSongkran · 13.–15. aprWater fights on the main road and along the beach strip for three days, and a national shutdown around them.61
- Nong Khiaw 🇱🇦 LaosPi Mai, Lao New Year · 13.–17. aprThree days of water and beer along the one street, with the boats to Muang Ngoi and the minivans to Luang Prabang running to nobody's timetable.61
- Vang Vieng 🇱🇦 LaosPi Mai, Lao New Year · 13.–17. aprThree days of water thrown along the main road, and one of the few times the town is full of Lao visitors rather than foreign ones.60
- Luang Namtha 🇱🇦 LaosPi Mai, Lao New Year · 13.–17. aprThree days of water thrown at everyone on the main road, with offices, banks and the trekking agencies closed through it.60
… og 16 til i april.