We did try and plan some festivals during the trip.  We succeeded with the Thailand Flower Festival which is a big deal for the country.  Think the rose bowl parade, but you get to be just inches away, and the floats are made from the flowers that grow here.  Each tribe, from the different parts of the country come and highlight the flowers from their region and of course their traditional costumes.

We could fill the page with a hundred pictures, 3 hours of snapping and all the colors beckoned the shutter bug in all of us.  Severe editing only permits a quality sampling.  It was fun, and a festival atmosphere extended into the evening with traditional dance, and music on a large stage.  Sort of like a concert in the park.  All in all, a lovely way to sample a unique cultural event.