It's Started Already

[Upnotover]

Nose Quirters Spotted:

No Squirters were seen today between 1:30 and 2:30 from SSCC, down to Fascino on Pattaya Nua and then down Sukhumvit to Big-C.......not 1

I think every road over here has its own "offical" day. Nernplubwan is 17th for instance. Last year was the same with minimum squirting to be seen apart from on that day. All rather civilised really.

[Gone]

I haven't gone into the actual City for ages during Songkran but this year it sure seems to be a little more peaceful then any other year in Pattaya. Normally by today Sukhumvit is a river.

[CRUNCHER]

I haven't gone into the actual City for ages during Songkran but this year it sure seems to be a little more peaceful then any other year in Pattaya. Normally by today Sukhumvit is a river.

Yes. It has not been as bad as recent years so far, but that is a relative term. It has still been very unpleasant for those who live and work in the City.

What has been missing so far is the overloaded trucks with huge tubs of water and high pressure guns. Unfortunately these are back with a vengance today, especially on Beach Road, Second Road and the Sois inbetween.

Edited April 15, 2013 by CRUNCHER

[pattayadingo]

Khao Talo official day is 19th, from what the stallholders say.

[balo]

Ok so I was planning to do my shopping today , I was thinking Monday would not be so busy because the worst days in Pattaya are on Thursday/Friday .

I was terrible wrong, should have stayed home.

First I bicycle down soi watboon to Jomtien beach road around 11 am , already in the bar soi before beach rd , there were at least 7 people throwing buckets of water and yes they hit me even if I tried to avoid them !

Ok maybe I was just unlucky so I took the first baht bus from Jomtien to Pattaya second road and when we passed Jomtien complex, we were hit by waterguns and buckets of water , I was smart enough to protect my smart phone before I left . Some of the russian passengers felt really uncomfortabke now. We were hit several times on our way to S-Pattaya.

But it would get a lot worse , I did my shopping at Villa Market and had one coffee at Starbucks, and was hoping for a safe trip home.

I walked to the baht bus stop , I avoided the waterguns by walking slowly and hide inside 7 eleven for a few minutes.

Ok so I was fearing the worst but I had to get home so the bahtbus was filled up with passengers including a russian couple with a baby , maybe 2 years old.

And then all hell broke lose! It was a truck on the other side of the road with a big watertank and they just started to attack the passengers and the water hit us everywhere, I was soaking wet within seconds , and the baby started screaming, the russian parents was very upset and after a while very angry. The father tried to warn people along the road that there was a baby with them , but of course nobody cared about that and before we reached Jomtien maybe 7 or 8 waterattacks , some of them really heavy, and the screaming baby was not going to stop .

If I were the Russians I would have paid 200 baht for a taxi , that baby will have nightmares for a long time.

Never a bahtbus again during songkran, it is the target for all the drunken idiots and we are sitting ducks !

Edited April 15, 2013 by balo

[Jingthing]

Monday and Tuesday are Songkran related holidays so not surprised about a lot of water activity on those two days. I really wish they would stop by 9 P.M. though!

[JSixpack]

SAWASDEE PEE MAI !!!!!! It's so nice to see the Thai's so happy. After all it is their traditional New Years and they are on Holiday.

But the majority of local Thais are not in fact happy about the Pattaya EXTENDED Songkran. They're also being inconvenienced and staying inside or have left town. Many Thai-owned businesses are losing money.

I understand people not liking the Pattaya Clown Farangs being crazy and neither do I

Oh, we don't like the Pattaya clown Thais either, including the bar girl clowns supporting the Farang clowns in their attempts at brutality. Why would we? Is this your "make a hooligan happy" week?

however to the people who come on here bashing it all please just stay out of it and let the Thai's enjoy their new years. After all you are in Thailand.

No, the clowns won't let us stay out of it, so we ain't gonna. Be great if they did--in the traditional Thai way you still see in villages. Hooligan-on-hooligan would be fine, let 'em have at it.

What an expert on Thais and Thailand you are. Maybe you should stay out it?

[Jingthing]

What year did the ridiculous OVER ONE WEEK of water throwing "tradition" start in Pattaya? I've been here a long time and it predates my time. So what year?

[poanoi]

Not many years ago it used to be a couple of days in north pattaya, then next two days in central,

then next two days in south.

[balo]

Yes I am not sure if it is any better after 9 pm , the whole week will be like this and I really dont like it so I will stay home until Saturday .

[Asiantravel]

Yes I am not sure if it is any better after 9 pm , the whole week will be like this and I really dont like it so I will stay home until Saturday .

What time do people start in the morning?

[jbrain]

What year did the ridiculous OVER ONE WEEK of water throwing "tradition" start in Pattaya? I've been here a long time and it predates my time. So what year?

In the year 2525...........

[bartender100]

Yes I am not sure if it is any better after 9 pm , the whole week will be like this and I really dont like it so I will stay home until Saturday .

Last big night is 18th on Walking Street, then 19th in the day around the streets, should all be finished by Saturday 20th

Correct me if I am wrong

[poanoi]

You will still fall victim to the occasional straggler pickup on their way home on morning 20,

about until lunch

[SurfRider]

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Enjoy Your Songkran Baht-Bus Ride . . .

[LennyW]

Yes I am not sure if it is any better after 9 pm , the whole week will be like this and I really dont like it so I will stay home until Saturday .

Last big night is 18th on Walking Street, then 19th in the day around the streets, should all be finished by Saturday 20th

Correct me if I am wrong

19th being a Friday night, i think you might be wrong, we shall see!

[Jingthing]

It will be finished starting on the 20th.

[poanoi]

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Enjoy Your Songkran Baht-Bus Ride . . .

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[JSixpack]

SAWASDEE PEE MAI !!!!!! It's so nice to see the Thai's so happy. After all it is their traditional New Years and they are on Holiday.

I understand people not liking the Pattaya Clown Farangs being crazy and neither do I however to the people who come on here bashing it all please just stay out of it and let the Thai's enjoy their new years. After all you are in Thailand.

Right, if a Farang clown causes me to wreck my bike and a B300,000 hospital bill and a limp the rest of my life, it's understandable that I don't like it.

But if a Thai clown does the same, then SAWASDEE PEE MAI !!!!!! It was so nice to make a Thai clown happy. After all it is their traditional New Years and they are on Holiday. I gladly pay my hospital bill and thereafter live happily with my gimp leg, knowing it was for the Thai clown's enjoyment. Lucky me!

[Ulysses G.]

What year did the ridiculous OVER ONE WEEK of water throwing "tradition" start in Pattaya? I've been here a long time and it predates my time. So what year?

When I first came here, everyone used to go to Pattaya to avoid Songkran, as it started later than Bangkok and Chiang Mai. I blame it on all the foreign yobs that moved in and started throwing water earlier and earlier.

Edited April 15, 2013 by Ulysses G.

[rayongchelsea]

Agreed. But I remember TAT heavily promoting songkran in pattaya some years back.

Clearly succeeded.

[pattayadingo]

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[balo]

That last picture says it all really, a surprised foreign tourist thinking he is about to drown in water.

And they just love that, the drunken idiots that are throwing water on everyone.

Edited April 15, 2013 by balo

[BWPattaya]

SAWASDEE PEE MAI !!!!!! It's so nice to see the Thai's so happy. After all it is their traditional New Years and they are on Holiday.

I understand people not liking the Pattaya Clown Farangs being crazy and neither do I however to the people who come on here bashing it all please just stay out of it and let the Thai's enjoy their new years. After all you are in Thailand.

SSCC, just a few kids with squirt guns so far. Nothing to avoid really.

I am sure the tourist I saw last night was enjoying himself. Just minding his own business when a mindless moron tried to throw water at him. He sidestepped the water and went straight into the side of a car. I doubt he will be coming back to Thailand. All of those people, Thai and foreign, who have to go to work, especially if dressed decently, wish they could stay out of it.

I would like those same mindless morons who so enjoy causing displeasure to other people would love a bucket of water thrown over them in their hometown and workplace. Go to work in wet clothes and praying that your mobile will work when it is dried out. If it is an IPhone don't bother trying to claim on your insurance as they have a water detector built in.

I saw one idiot this evening at 8pm. He was happily soaking everyone directly on a 90 degree bend just to cause the most dangerous distraction when riding a bike - yet he was brave enough to wear a plastic rainmac. Talk about being able to give but not receive.

I had better shut up now before my blood pressure goes up.

[SurfRider]

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"I would like those same mindless morons who so enjoy causing displeasure to other people would love a bucket of water thrown over them in their hometown and workplace"

It would be fun to transport 10 Thai Pattaya Songkraners and 10 Farang Songkran morons to New York City - Give each of them a bucket of sewer water and tell them to go up to anyone walking down 5th avenue at high noon and toss the bucket of water in their face. Of course, the whole thing would need to be recorded - The video would go viral on YouTube and the survivors (if any) would be returned to Thailand . . .
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[4.real]

Last year I was able to venture forth after 7.30 pm.

I think I will only go to Lotus after 10 pm this year.

and that is from the darkside.

For those that believe Songkran in Pattaya is a hoot I can only wonder at the rest of their lives

[tropo]

Last year I was able to venture forth after 7.30 pm.

I think I will only go to Lotus after 10 pm this year.

and that is from the darkside.

For those that believe Songkran in Pattaya is a hoot I can only wonder at the rest of their lives

There was no water at 7:30 pm this evening, going from Pratumnak Hill to Tukcom and then Friendship Supermarket. I had my wet weather gear on just in case.

I think as long as you stay clear of the drunk idiots in the beer bars along Soi Buakhao, Beach Road and Second Road you'll be ok after dark. I doubt you'll be able to get to Central Mall dry at any time in the evening.

Edited April 15, 2013 by tropo

[BlackPuddingBertha]

I just stay out of downtown Pattaya altogether from the 13th to the 20th. Jomtien is not a problem.

[Ulysses G.]

There is always the HEAT!

[DMC1]

What year did the ridiculous OVER ONE WEEK of water throwing "tradition" start in Pattaya? I've been here a long time and it predates my time. So what year?

I can only go back to my first Songkran in Pattaya which was in 1994. It seemed worse back then. It appears to be more contained in recent years and you can generally go about your business 'fairly dry!' as long as you keep away from the main bar areas.