A colourful character
The Thai New Year Songkran festival in Chiang Mai is a wild water-throwing party that draws many colourful revelers onto the streets, including this grinning ‘ladyboy’ who was delighted to flash her false teeth.

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Cora Wandel
A great catch, John!
John Spies replied
Thanks Cora..an extroverted subject made it easy
pat gamwell
Terrific shot, John! Thank you for sharing this fascinating culture with us, otherwise we would never realize it existed!
John Spies replied
Thais love to party, and are lots of fun.
Dave Lloyd
Wonderful. Songkran is one of my favourite times here. Can be tough on the camera though :)
John Spies replied
Certainly can. Last one i used a small olympus waterproof camera and had a great stress-free water riot….