Alcohol Ban Yesteday (saturday)

[AyG]

I went to 7-11 yesterday (Saturday 19th April) to buy a beer and there were signs saying that they couldn't sell alcohol from 6 p.m. to midnight. I asked the staff, but they didn't seem to know why. So, why the ban? It's not a Buddhist holiday, and election alcohol bans last longer than 6 hours.

For what it's worth, this was in Ayutthaya province - perhaps other places were unaffected.

Any explanation greatly appreciated.

(And yes, I was able to get alcohol at a small local shop, so I didn't suffer too much.)

[jstumbo]

Plenty of alcohol flowing on Sukhumvit last night.

[waveydavey]

There was a local election here in Nan province yesterday and the restaurant I was in wasn't allowed to serve alcohol last night, even though the polls had closed. Maybe same in Ayutthaya?

[mrtoad]

There was one in Phuket at the weekend, strictly enforced. What a joke in a tourist resort, Saturday night and like a ghost town in Karon and Kata, didn't bother going to Patong as had been told the same there. Really doesn't make much sense in the resorts.

[intumult]

Was the same here in Nakhonsawan last week for some local election. No probs when you know where to take your bottle