Festivals and Travel to Exotic Places in April
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For good weather and festivals, early April:Vietnam, Huong Tich/Lac Long Quan Festival [pilgrimage] Feb/Mar/early-Apr. Vietnam Pictures | Vietnam Tours Philippines, Holy week [the week to Easter], famous mostly for bloody flagellation and crucifixions. Body piercers wll love it. Bhutan [Paro] Paro Tsechu [Folk dance], Mar/April Bhutan Tours Nepal [Khatmandu Valley] Macchendrath Rath Jatral, 1 month. Nepal Pictures | Nepal Tours Thailand [Nationwide] Songkran Water Festival, April 12-14 every year, especially lively in Kao San Rd, Bangkok. Thailand Pictures | Thailand Tours Chile [near Santiago] Quasimodo Processions [medieval processions, music and dancing], first Sunday after Easter. Chile Pictures | Chile Tours Japan [Nationwide] Cherry Blossom time, a few days of alcoholic mayhem under the trees. Japan Pictures | Japan Tours
For good weather and festivals, late April: Israel [Meiron, Galilee] Lag B'Omer, Spring feast, Apr/ May, 1 day. Israel Pictures Nepal [Khatmandu Valley-Bhaktapur], Nepalese New Year] 4 days. Mexico [Aguascalientes] Feria de San Marcos [national fair], 2nd week of April - early May, 22 days. Mexico Pictures | Mexico Tours Spain, Seville, La Feria de Abril, April 16-21 every year, April Fair, perhaps Seville's best party - traditional dress, parades, dancing and wild parties. Spain Pictures | Spain Tours Or go for festivals only, not the weather! i.e. this is not the best season: India [Ajmer, Raj] Islamic Fest. Feb-April, 6 days. Burma [Myanmar], [Nationwide] Thingyan Water Festival, Mar/Apr, 3-4 days China [Xishuangbanna] Water-Splashing Festival, 3 days. China Pictures | China Tours Laos [Nationwide] Lao New Year, mid April. Laos Pictures | Laos Tours Colombia [San Antero], National Donkey Beauty Contest , Easter, 4 days. |