![#17 Get soaked at the Songkran Festival in Thailand](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_470,h_140/https://thegrown-upgapyear.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/102_0007-470x140.jpg)
The Songkran Festival announced itself to us with an 8am commotion. Car horns beeping, music blaring and people screaming is exactly the wake up call…
![#16 Watch one of my best friends get married in Thailand](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_webp,q_glossy,ret_img,w_470,h_140/https://thegrown-upgapyear.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/cimg8032-470x140.jpg)
It’s funny because one of the things that people always say to you when you go away on a long trip is: “Don’t worry, nothing…