New Year revelers start returning to Bangkok

BANGKOK, Jan 2 (TNA) -- Hundreds of thousands of New Year revelers who had returned to their hometowns upcountry to celebrate with their families have started fowing back to the Thai capital to start work next Monday.

The celebrants, mostly from the north and northeast provinces, were seen arriving at Morchit bus station in Bangkok on Saturday, forcing bus station officials to request taxi and motorcycle taxi drivers to pick up passengers from the station.

Revelers are returning to Bangkok through Sunday as they are expected to return to work on Monday the the four-day New Year holidays.

Many passengers arriving at the bus station carrying bags of rice and dried food indicating concern about economic uncertainty in the country.

Wuthichart Kalayanamitr, chief managing director of the state-owned Transport Co, said there are enough buses at bus stations upcountry to cater to some 300,000 passengers planning to return to Bangkok. (TNA)

-- TNA 2001/1/2

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You can say that again- 11 hrs drive Khon Kaen-BKK tonight! Missed all the footy and the shop was closed to buy a beer when we eventually got back

What a bloody day and never again !