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Songkran 2025 – Guide to Thai New Year
Water. Water. And more water. It is the main ingredient of the Thai New Year’s celebration, also called “Songkran”. Water guns of varying sizes, elephants spraying water over people and trucks filled with water are just some of the experiences you can enjoy during the celebration. Venture outside the hotel’s...
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Easter in Latin America
Easter is a particularly important time of the year in many Latin American countries, and if you dream of experiencing it right up close, you might like to consider an Easter holiday in Latin America. The vast majority of the population are Catholics, and the celebration of Easter week, which...
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Carnival in Rio de Janeiro
Gorgeous feathered clothing in all sorts of colours. Lightly-clad women. Intense drum rhythms, chasing your own heartbeat. An injection of cheer and joy. The Carnival in Rio de Janeiro is a festival of euphoria. When the samba rhythms hit, the world stops moving. All that matters is the now. The...
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Chinese New Year
In the lead-up to a new year in China, you will be in no doubt about what that year is. The shops will be bursting with items that represent the coming year’s animal sign. Metre upon metre of shelf space is also dedicated to a multitude of decorations, which the...
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Christmas in Latin America
In Latin America, Christmas Eve is known as Nochebuena in Spanish, and Véspera de Natal in Portuguese. And just as in the UK, each country in Central and South America has some wholly unique Christmas traditions. When Spain and Portugal were colonial powers, they brought their religion and traditions over...
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