I am committed to 12 days on Phuket, hotel paid for for the first 6, now I find that Songkran clashes. No apologies about my dislike of the festival and associated silliness, my fault for getting the dates wrong. Don't really want to hole up for the entirety in 5* comfort, nor do I find getting drenched involunterily in the least bit appealing. Keeping the snide remarks to a minimum from those who do, on a scale of 1-10, what is the Patong and Kata areas like during Songkran and what is the actual duration of the event?

I think its only 2-3 days down there, or at least it was when we were in Rawai.

It starts the night of the 12th and finishes the night of the 13th in Phuket, so just 24 hours of madness.

Go to the beach, stay by the pool and you can easily miss most of it.

More like 1 or 2 days, more in Patong.

Don't stress it, it's hot as Hades so just stay in your trunks and get a little wet, who cares....

You'll be fine.

It lasts only one or two days here, and in most areas you won't see any water throwing at all.

Unlike in the rural North, where the water throwing lasts about 10 days, and occurs *everywhere* - there's no avoiding it.

som nam na...

som nam na...

Aww. That's cute, you've learnt your first thai word.

som nam na...

Aww. That's cute, you've learnt your first thai word.

Even three...

som nam na...

Uncalled for and not in the least bit helpful. http://www.thai-language.com/id/209266

Thanks Guys. I will even forgive The Crazy Chef for his response, with such an attitude he needs help.

Tend to agree with you about Songkran in Patong. Mostly for me it's not the Thais that are the problem, but as ever, booze filled idiot tourists some of whom don't know how to enjoy the fun without going way OTT (e.g. throwing full buckets of iced water over a guy riding a bike up Sansabai or the cheap charlies filling their water guns up from the sea and squirting others in the eyes). As the saying goes, "there's always one", sadly in Patong it's WAAAY more than one.