På gång i Kanchanaburi (River Kwai), Thailand under året

Mycket folk — Cool, dry season, skollov i 6 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: Cool, dry season (1 nov – 20 feb (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Cool, dry season, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Risk

  Burning season haze

  1 feb – 15 apr · vanligtvisRöksäsong

  Field and forest fires along the western hills and over the Myanmar border grey out the valley for weeks. The limestone ridges you came to look at simply are not there. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Cool, dry season (1 nov – 20 feb (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i mars.

Pågår fortfarande: Burning season haze (1 feb – 15 apr (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Songkran, Long summer break i Thailand

• Festival

  Songkran

  13–15 aprVattenfestivalernas nyårTrångtStängningar

  Water in the streets and the raft houses fully booked with Thai groups. The war cemeteries stay open and quiet; almost nothing else does. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Burning season haze (1 feb – 15 apr (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Visakha Bucha, Long summer break i Thailand

• Helg

  Visakha Bucha

  5 maj – 5 jun · vanligtvisReligiös högtid

  The most important Buddhist holy day, on the full moon of the sixth lunar month. Temples hold evening candle processions, and bars and riverside restaurants cannot sell alcohol for the day. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Visakha Bucha, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i juni.

Pågår fortfarande: Visakha Bucha (5 maj – 5 jun (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Asalha Bucha and Khao Phansa, skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Helg

  Asalha Bucha and Khao Phansa

  5 jul – 5 aug · vanligtvisReligiös högtid

  Two holy days in a row start the monks' rains retreat, with Lent candles carried to the temples. Alcohol sales stop nationwide on both days, which matters for the raft bars on the River Kwai. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Asalha Bucha and Khao Phansa, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Asalha Bucha and Khao Phansa (5 jul – 5 aug (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

• Natur

  Erawan falls at full flow

  15 sep – 31 dec · vanligtvisHögvatten

  The seven tiers run hardest at the end of the rains, when the upper pools are loud and the turquoise is at its strongest. By April the top levels are a trickle over dry rock.

Mycket folk — October semester break i Thailand, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: Erawan falls at full flow (15 sep – 31 dec (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Cool, dry season, River Kwai Bridge Week

• Säsong

  Cool, dry season

  1 nov – 20 feb · vanligtvisTrångt

  The window that makes the province work: raft houses on the Kwai without the humidity, the war sites bearable in daylight, and the road to the western parks dry.

• Festival

  Loy Krathong

  5–30 nov · vanligtvisLjus & eld

  Floats released onto the Kwai from the town bank on the twelfth full moon, with the bridge lit above them. Källa ↗

• Festival

  River Kwai Bridge Week

  25 nov – 10 dec · vanligtvisStor festivalTrångtBoka tidigt

  A carnival sets up beside the bridge each year and a light-and-sound show re-enacts the wartime bombing after dark. Rooms in town go early and the riverfront road shuts for it. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Erawan falls at full flow (15 sep – 31 dec (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Cool, dry season, River Kwai Bridge Week

Inget nytt börjar i december.

Pågår fortfarande: Erawan falls at full flow (15 sep – 31 dec (vanligtvis)), Cool, dry season (1 nov – 20 feb (vanligtvis)), River Kwai Bridge Week (25 nov – 10 dec (vanligtvis))