JSixpack Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Arranged my trip to the USA to leave just before Songkran begins in Pattaya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROBINPATTAYA Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 (edited) On a plane on the 8th to KL, Malacca, Penang for 2 weeks That should cover the silly season Edited February 10, 2013 by ROBINPATTAYA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Newman Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Bangsan Beach area is the best I have found, the roads leading to it are blocked solid full of Thais running around with white T shirts and icy water. Do I need to say more 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tywais Posted February 10, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted February 10, 2013 You don't like Thai Festivals then piss off back to where ever you came from. Agree with you, There's a Brigade topic you might join in. The 1st year was immense fun. The 2nd year was fun. The 3rd year tolerable. The 4th year annoying. After 20 years here, I have earned the right to decide what I enjoy and sadly, Songran is not on that list anymore. BTW, if you think farangs are the only ones that no longer find it acceptable you'd be wrong as I know many Thais who will not venture out during the day for that period. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses G. Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 (edited) If it was only water hey were "throwing" I wouldn't mind. It's the stuff they add to the water .... like Diesel Fuel, Pesticide, and even (I've seen it mixed) Vomit. What a load of nonsense (unless you are talking about your fellow farangs). Edited February 10, 2013 by Ulysses G. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevvy Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 I will not leave my house. any invites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevvy Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 You don't like Thai Festivals then piss off back to where ever you came from. so if you dont like something in this country , your advise is to piss off back home ....so you left your country because you did not like something there, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Payboy Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Where Are You Going To Be Spending Songkran? In a cool dry place with some chilled beers and sizzling hot company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonman Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 You don't like Thai Festivals then piss off back to where ever you came from. I quiet like Thai Festivals and would love to embrace Songkran but unfortunately it the pissed up morons that forces me to stay within the sanctuary of my own dwelling. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semper Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 it the pissed up morons that forces me to stay within the sanctuary of my own dwelling. Also known as Farang tourists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briggsy Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 For 7 years straight, I have left the country over Songkran. This year the travel dates were more convenient in May. I am now mulling my options. 1. Hide in condo for days on end. 2. Get flight to Indo or Malaysia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genericnic Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Totally forgot about Songkran. What are the dates this year? I need to take a trip anyway. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mca Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 The Thais seem to be masters of ripping of the Farangs, exploiting their vunerabillities over........ Guy Fawkes. Yeah massive November 5th fans those Thais........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonman Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 it the pissed up morons that forces me to stay within the sanctuary of my own dwelling. Also known as Farang tourists. Plenty of pissed up locals join the ranks as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joepattaya1961 Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I'll be in Holland, Belgium and France with my Thai boss and his family who hate Songkran as much as I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JusMe Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I absolutely love Loy Krathong and ensure I'm back in Thailand before that. I absolutely loathe Songkran and ensure I'm back in Canada before that. And I know it's not just falang who hate it. Chatting to a Thai restaurant owner a short time ago and told him I was off just before Songkran. He said he was doing the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaideeguy Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I'll be well stocked up and in hibernation at my favorite most peaceful place in the Kingdom......HOME. May make a quick trip up the nearby mountain to some cool [1,000mt] high elevation rain forest. Agree with the OP about all the too many holidays where drunken idiots make noise and get in the way of my peaceful sanity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie23 Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 You don't like Thai Festivals then piss off back to where ever you came from. Pathetic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gweiloman Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 I'll be making my travel schedule to ensure that I spend Songkran in Thailand. Best fun I've had in years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 it the pissed up morons that forces me to stay within the sanctuary of my own dwelling. Also known as Farang tourists. Thou jest, surely. Can't have ever been to the Khao San area at Songkran, Outside Bkk, Pattaya etc it's all Thais doing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedghog Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Its a bit like Marmite. Love it or hate it. I personally love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briggsy Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Its a bit like Marmite. Love it or hate it. I personally love it. You will go off Marmite after you have had it a few times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardenedSoul Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 I'll be on soi Cowboy with the most kickin' water cannon in SE Asia soaking as many suckas as I possibly can. It's a very enjoyable festival. Even if it wasn't, I doubt I'd be enough of a saddo to get on a bloody plane. It's not a coup <deleted> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draggons Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Working in Scotland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses G. Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Its a bit like Marmite. Love it or hate it. I personally love it. I personally hate Marmite/Vegemite, but don't mind Songkran so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiangmaikelly Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 (edited) Its a bit like Marmite. Love it or hate it. I personally love it. I personally hate Marmite/Vegemite, but don't mind Songkran so much. I have been to a number of Songkran's in Chiang Mai and one can stand in Central and watch the uni girls dance and get their t shirts and padded bras wet. Which is OK. I mean it could be really cool without the padding but what can you say this is Thailand and bumps instead of ... and so on. Chiang Mai is not too bad. Pattaya on the other hand is bad. Bad bar girls sneaking up on me at 10 PM and trashing me with pepper powder and water and bad male lunatics let out of the asylums on the moors to give the nurses for the criminally insane a two week vacation. I know this to be a fact as hoards of men in short skirts running in groups and mumbling some strange language sounding like my childhood nightmares of Long John Silver arrrh arrgh. This year I will stay in my walled compound with my attack dog and enough food for both of us for 3 days. Edited February 13, 2013 by chiangmaikelly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeijoshinCool Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 To answer the OP, either Hong Kong or Viet Nam. Indeed, including a week on either side of this juvenile nonsense. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangkokburning Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Far away from the madness. Camping and snorkeling in tranquil bliss. Remote island in the Thai Marine NP system. ※ I'd be shocked if there are 20 campers per night. Daytrippers are only on the island mid day for a few hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangkokburning Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 (edited) The guys that enjoy the nonsense are always the same lot - reliving a lost youth or never having grown up at all. The guys that are the worst have no clue what the holiday is even about, have never seen the 3 day holiday in traditional form. Think its about fun, titties, beer and water guns. Then there are the losers that book flights (no lie) to actually go to Pattaya to be in the middle of it. Show me a man who likes the holiday and I will show you a tourist who knows nothing of Thailand and doesn't care. If you see fun in what has become senseless danger, you are truly lost. This is not to discredit a bit of fun or the holiday as traditionally celebrated. Want a nice balance and good fun? Try Luang Prabang, used to be great with ceremonies, parades and boats across the river for a big party. Of course, Lao people so lovely anyway. Loy Kratong was also finished in Pattaya a decade ago. What a lovely festival that was in Thailand. Now..few ladies dress for it. Done properly in only a few places. Edited February 13, 2013 by bangkokburning 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeijoshinCool Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 The guys that enjoy the nonsense are always the same lot - reliving a lost youth or never having grown up at all. The guys that are the worst have no clue what the holiday is even about, have never seen the 3 day holiday in traditional form. Think its about fun, titties, beer and water guns. Then there are the losers that book flights (no lie) to actually go to Pattaya to be in the middle of it. Show me a man who likes the holiday and I will show you a tourist who knows nothing of Thailand and doesn't care. If you see fun in what has become senseless danger, you are truly lost. This is not to discredit a bit of fun or the holiday as traditionally celebrated. Want a nice balance and good fun? Try Luang Prabang, used to be great with ceremonies, parades and boats across the river for a big party. Of course, Lao people so lovely anyway. Loy Kratong was also finished in Pattaya a decade ago. What a lovely festival that was in Thailand. Now..few ladies dress for it. Done properly in only a few places. Yeah, compare this childish idiocy to the Running of the Bulls, and it says much about the minds that "enjoy" it. Where I lived before, Songran was celebrated one day only. Gently. A shop lady asked me if she could pour a thimble full of water on me. I consented, and we parted company with smiles. The next wasted fat f*@k foreigner that throws a bucket of water in my face while I'm riding a motorbike in traffic, is, well, I don't want to have to defend against "premeditated, so I'll stop here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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