Life Behind the Posts – April 2026
This one features Songkran chaos, a surprise guest, and a new country on the horizon
Hi friends.
Wow, April was a busy month. Once again, I didn’t go anywhere this month, but… that won’t be the case next month. Got a VERY exciting trip planned! Stay tuned 👀
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April 1st to April 30th: Thailand 🇹🇭
We started the month by going to the cinema to watch Project Hail Mary. I absolutely LOVED the book, so I was super excited to see the movie adaptation with Ryan Gosling. I really enjoyed it. It’s not as deep as the book (it never can be)… but overall they nailed the storytelling and the characters. Rocky was so cute 🥹
A couple of days later, I had a boring admin task: doing my 90-day reporting.
When you stay in Thailand for more than 3 months without leaving the country, you need to report it to immigration. It’s not complicated, but it gets super busy - you can queue for 4h+ for it. Luckily, I was able to snag an appointment online, meaning I just had to show up at the immigration office 5 minutes before my time slot with some papers… and I was out of there in 10 minutes.
Nothing exciting there, apart from the fact that the immigration building was GIGANTIC.
The first half of the month was pretty uneventful… I barely took any pictures. We played a lot of padel (it’s now officially a weekly thing, we even bought our own rackets)… went to a very cool café to work… and I bought some water guns for the upcoming Songkran celebrations (more on that below).
I’m still working out at the gym 4 times a week. I actually had 3 sessions with a personal trainer, which was interesting: good to get feedback on my posture and movements.
Then from April 13th… things got busy!
Thailand celebrates their new year, Songkran, every year on April 13, 14, and 15. One of the customs, linked to Buddhist traditions, is to cleanse your body with water - a sort of fresh start for the new year. Throughout the years, this tradition (still followed in Buddhist temples) evolved into big street water fights.
So on the 13th and 14th… Rosie and I got our water guns ready… and we joined the party!
