WinnieTheKhwai

Strange, it seems there is no option for 'go to jail' ?

TG flew Chiang Mai - Kunming for years. Only stopped fairly recently.

the all time worst thing about thailand is foreingers that think they are thai.

I always take it as a great compliment when Thai people tell me I'm more Thai than them. Even if it's meant only semi-complimentally. (not sure if that's a word.)

If all else fails, in that area there's always Ping Payome, near Kad Payom and the Wing 41 access road.

Airasia and other Asian budget airlines are often not shown on typical search engines, which may be why you had difficulty. I have no experience with it except experimentation, but someone on another thread mentioned

www.attitudetravel.com/lowcostairlines/asia/

Happy travels,

Really? Have a look here.

When he said search engines I think what he actually meant was the big Western travel sites that mostly show tradional legacy airlines. Travelocity, Expedia et al. Those don't work for budget flights and especially not in Asia.

OnIy one that comes to mind was Tata Young "El Ninyo"..they were pIaying that around ksk area. Not very "cIubby" though, and quite oId, so IikeIy not.

Agree likely not, but just in case, this is the above song: http://www.4shared.com/audio/5aD9gjpr/Tata...Nin-Yo.html?s=1

Hi.

I am in Chiang Mai (or rather some 30 kilometers outside of it) right now.

Yesterday (last day of Songkhran, hence most people playing) i had to go downtown with the motorbike. The place i had to go was a shopping center so i wanted to stay dry. How to??

Easy - the people up here ARE lovely. Just keep the motorbike at some 50 km/h and wave politely with the left hand when you approach a spot where they play. They won't, with you.

I reached the destination without having a single drop of water on me.

On the way back then i was all in on the fun - magic recipe to JOIN them: Slow down when you reach them. Or stop completely and get SOAKED because it is BLOODY HOT anyway (40+ degrees).

Songkhran is all good clean fun if you avoid drunk Farangs because, indeed, they are the worst.

Best regards....

Thanh

Perfect attitude, perfect post! You got the right attitude in life to live here and enjoy it!!

Another pearl of wisdom from TV's resident soothsayer. No discussion, reasoning, or rationale. Just a stand up comedian, with a very small audience.

Playing that tired old mantra....

Most of your contributions are one-line mantras.

Pearls of wisdom I am not so sure.

Thaksin's cast-offs more like it.

What is your problem? We all understand you fear the UDD and you hate Thaksin. WE GET IT. All you do is make snide remarks against anyone you disagree with. You of all people should not be complaining about reasoning or rationale since your comments never ever offer anything substantive, just cheap and petty insults. If you are getting some sort of sick delight trying to provoke people, then I suggest you consider another past time because it is obnoxious. Grow up

WELL SAID!!

> Anyone know where I can donate umbrellas and

> towels to our dear friends the red shirts? biggrin.gif

At Ratchaprasong. Any crackdown will happen at night, as it alwasy does; during the day you can safely get there.

I might be being rather dumb here but something doesn't quite sound right with this story.

As the father speaks no Thai, the parents presumably only speak English at home and normally the kids should develop some English skills just from being around them.

It just seems rather strange that they can't speak a word of English despite being exposed to the language since birth for 8 years (in the case of his eldest child).

Indeed.

If anything the problem is kids picking up too much language.

Most of my friends do on occasion have a fling here and there. It's pretty harmless, unless you're completely brainwashed with weird religious beliefs. It's not even something you talk about that much, it goes without saying unless there was something particularly noteworthy about the encounter, which is not often the case. compare: guys also don't go harp on about it when they get a haircut; they just do.

It kind of depends; in some places the focus is on splashing people as wet as possible (=merit for all involved) but in other areas it turns into a proper water fight. And in water fights, you go for the eyes, everyone knows that. Hint: don't visit those water fight areas and you'll be fine.

This tends to mean avoiding overly Farang-heavy areas.

I had an EXCELLENT party the last four days, a lot of fun. Avoid Farang areas and apply some common sense myself; some people can take a bucket (adult males not on motorbikes), some people are best treated with a gentle splash. And you keep an eye out on safety issues for all the people you're with at any point in time; it's easy to get hurt just from falling over or stumble into traffic. Again, applying common sense is needed.

But when you do, then this is the BEST PARTY ON EARTH!!!!!!!!!!!

Air Asia. *IF* booked well in advance.

When you want a ticket to fly tomorow then the differences are smaller.

For example:

(Yes, that's 699 baht one-way total, so the return would be double that depending on when you fly back. So 1500 baht or less for a return!!)

Also note that on Air Asia, tickets are more expensive when demand is higher, such as around weekends and holidays. Mid-week flights are cheaper. Often very early or very late flights are cheaper as well.

True; some prior planning pays off.

Right. Or, add a cheap bus to that cheap flight, leaving directly from the main BKK airport terminal. (No need to take any shuttle bus to the airport bus terminal either.)

Like so:

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= All the Way to Pattaya to your hotel door for 899 baht. You leave Chiang Mai 8:25am, then book the 10am bus to Pattaya and you're at your hotel around noon. www.belltravelservice.com (there are cheaper buses as well, but I think Bell hits the mark in terms of convenience and reliability (=value for money) )

Why bother spending a whole day in a bus? The bus isn't even cheaper when you add the cost for a taxi to your hotel. (Transport to your hotel is included above)

Thailand is just getting cheaper and cheaper.

Awesome day today, possibly the best..

Sadly though, no rain..

Still, it was a good one, sad it's over. Have to wait a whole year..

Final day today... I worry I caught an eye infection yesterday but that's easily handled. First off to the temple to make some merit, then back to the splashing.. It hasn't rained yet this year so we're obviously not done.

Here's one in traditional dress, waiting for the next target with a steely resolve..

If all a person cares about when it comes to Thailand is the supply of beer, girls/boys and the exchange rate, then yes, that person would likely be tired of the current struggle. For the vast majority of foreigners in Thailand, the current status quo is just fine.

I think the trick is an Absynthe/SangSom/Lipo mix, taken with JUST the right amount of Xanax; take too much and you lose out on the paranoia-vector.

It must be a conspiracy, with no news reports ever showing up on these bombs! !

Personally, Ian, I prefer ข้าวต้มตอนกลางวัน.

This translates to "boiled rice in the daytime" which oddly enough, has a double meaning in Thai

See if you can figure out the other translation.

Sex, obviously.

Loads of fools throwing buckets of water over people on motorcycles.

The foreigners are the worst they just don't understand how to behave

I'm cranking along at 110kph on my CBR 150

I understand the OP's feelings. I'm not opposed to keeping political discussions that aren't specifically relevant to Chiang Mai out of the forum though.

There are some other issues that are a bit unfortunate, but best not to comment I think.

I got back from this event not long ago. The website said there would be activities and workshops from 1p.m. so I thought it would be okay for my kids. In fact there was nothing going on at all until about 7pm, when we had to go to put my small son to bed. There were a few bikini clad tourists playing volleyball and a muted sound system repeatedly playing the same chillout CD.

It was poor. A rip-off.

> There were a few bikini clad tourists playing volleyball

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sawasdee Pee Mai!!!!!!!!!!!!

(Feel like Christmas Eve right now..