First day of Songkran in Pattaya sees heavy traffic, busy beaches, but mostly dry streets

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By Goong Nang(GN)

 

Pattaya – The first day of the nationwide three-day Songkran (Thai New Year) festival yesterday saw heavy traffic, busy beaches, but mostly dry streets due to a ban on water splashing this year in public.

 

Yesterday afternoon (April 13th) on Motorway 7 Section 5, the highway was busy with lots of vehicles heading to Pattaya City with many kilometers of traffic tailed back.

 

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However, traffic easily flowed on Sukhumvit Road and onto several main roads of Pattaya for most of the day (North Pattaya, Central Pattaya, and South Pattaya). We filmed a video of the situation on the ground below.

 

Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/04/14/first-day-of-songkran-in-pattaya-sees-heavy-traffic-busy-beaches-but-mostly-dry-streets/

 

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[overherebc]

Sort of related. When will the mass exodus start back to Bangkok, 17th or 18th. Just thinking about which direction will be busiest, to or from Bangkok?

[overherebc]

3 hours ago, overherebc said:

Sort of related. When will the mass exodus start back to Bangkok, 17th or 18th. Just thinking about which direction will be busiest, to or from Bangkok?

Reason for asking is because a friend and his wife want to visit us in BKK on 17th and he asked if I thought it would be bad traffic 'to BKK'.

[overherebc]

17 hours ago, overherebc said:

Reason for asking is because a friend and his wife want to visit us in BKK on 17th and he asked if I thought it would be bad traffic 'to BKK'.

Problem solved. He's tested pos' (home atk) so going nowhere.

[jacko45k]

22 hours ago, overherebc said:

Sort of related. When will the mass exodus start back to Bangkok, 17th or 18th. Just thinking about which direction will be busiest, to or from Bangkok?

I suspect towards Bangkok. 17th.

Edited April 15, 2022 by jacko45k

[overherebc]

23 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

I suspect towards Bangkok. 17th.

Cheers, but see last post ???? he's/we've cancelled as he atk'd pos' yesterday.