thaimee Posted April 18, 2004 Share Posted April 18, 2004 what's up, right now i'm in carrefour. cowardly act of staying away from the revellers who throw buckets upon buckets of water on passers by. sorry not for me! i believe they have a ban on anyone throwing water after 6pm to 6 am. so thank heaven for the water shortage. let's see when i leave this evening. safe driving.. Thaimee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davethailand Posted April 18, 2004 Share Posted April 18, 2004 thaimee, i believe on the eve of the main songkran day its all ###### broken loose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurgen Posted April 18, 2004 Share Posted April 18, 2004 Thaimee , why aren't you curled up in front of a fire...you pussy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astral Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 I have been hibernating since the madness started - it was on the 6th on our estate here. Thank God today is the last day. I hate wearing rubber all the time to keep dry, though I suspect a few will have enjoyed it............? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Up2U Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 My place overlooks Sunnee Plaza. Last night (Sunday) I went out to get a bite to eat and watch Newcastle on the box. Got soaked going out and coming back (7.30 and 10.00 at night) The party never stopped - all night and when I left for work this morning at 6.00 there were at least thirty people of various genders slinging water at all comers. Also around Sois 7 & 8 there were battles that looked as if they were the end of a night's work, and on Sae Saam, from Pattaya Klang to Pattaya Nua there were various groups busy. (Almost all Thai's, much too early fro drunken farang participation) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wash Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 All good reasons to get out of Dodge and part of the reason I choose to live upcountry. We are not free of the frivolous but for sure it has a level of the real Songkrans attached to it's administration here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Conners Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 Yesterday I was going in for a bite and a few but already on Pattaya Tai just after 3rd road they were having fun so I turned around and went home instead. Another small loss for the business in Pattaya. Not that I suggest they care the slightest about losing one customer, but perhaps if enough of us do it they get the message. Who knows (or cares). PS. This is not a complain, just a vote .... with my wallet. Incidentially it could be interesting to hear what economical impact, if any, songkran has on the local businesses ... davethailand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Up2U Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 (edited by Up2U)PS. This is not a complain, just a vote .... with my wallet. Incidentially it could be interesting to hear what economical impact, if any, songkran has on the local businesses ... davethailand? Outside DT's place on Sunday evening was a ginger-haired Thai with a barrel-full of water, spraying the passers-by. This was early evening, but right in DT's doorway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurgen Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 I was with Dave outside his club on Sunday til about 9 pm throwing water so he won't be able to moan , which makes a refreshing change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Up2U Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 I was with Dave outside his club on Sunday til about 9 pm throwing water so he won't be able to moan , which makes a refreshing change. I'll send you my cleaning bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davethailand Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 your lucky i don,y know who you are, i had a nice ice cold bucket waiting for the right person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangsaen bob Posted April 27, 2004 Share Posted April 27, 2004 Actually, I hate Sonkran. If possible, I leave the country. This year I went to the Phillipines. I don't like the feeling of being trapped in my own home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggles45 Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 first time for songkran but many years visiting thailand. what i LIKED about it was the absence of violent confrontations. have a festival like this in oz and you wouldnt be able to move for the punchups. spent five hours wandering pattaya on foot (soaking wet) on the last day and never saw one argument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_Pat_Pong Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 first time for songkran but many years visiting thailand. what i LIKED about it was the absence of violent confrontations. have a festival like this in oz and you wouldnt be able to move for the punchups. spent five hours wandering pattaya on foot (soaking wet) on the last day and never saw one argument. Hey Biggles are you late for this years Songkran or early for next years ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggles45 Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 just got back from this years. only just joined forum as a member Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_Pat_Pong Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 just got back from this years. only just joined forum as a member Welcome to the forum. I was only having a joke with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuky Posted May 10, 2004 Share Posted May 10, 2004 just got back from this years. only just joined forum as a member Welcome to the forum. I was only having a joke with you. watch out for the Doc biggles... Welcome mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadog Posted May 11, 2004 Share Posted May 11, 2004 first time for songkran but many years visiting thailand. what i LIKED about it was the absence of violent confrontations. have a festival like this in oz and you wouldnt be able to move for the punchups. spent five hours wandering pattaya on foot (soaking wet) on the last day and never saw one argument. Well, I would not describe it as "lack" of violence. Saw the Thai's have one of the worst fight's I've seen in years. A mob was beating on a single guy, ran him into a vendor stand, when he pulled himself out of the grill he came out with a fistful of skewered chicken sticks and stabbed them threw the guys face.....real mess. Also a buddy from work was on the sidewalk around 9P.M. and a guy leaned out from a pickup and smashed a beer bottle to the back of his head. When he got out of the hospital later that night he told us it was minor compared to the things he saw at the E.R. Anyway, crazy is more like I'd describe, and it's just inevitable when such a crowd is shitfaced I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meadish_sweetball Posted May 11, 2004 Share Posted May 11, 2004 Doesn't it have something to do with the fact that more than a tiny fraction of the Pattaya tourist population (including Thai tourists) are there with the major goal of being absolutely shitfaced... and in these people's minds, getting shitfaced goes with picking a fight like bangers go with mash? Chiang Mai Songkran was great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tropo Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 "i believe they have a ban on anyone throwing water after 6pm to 6 am. so thank heaven for the water shortage. let's see when i leave this evening. safe driving.." They had a ban from 6pm to 6am in 2004 due to water shortage. That would have been a good Songkran year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimmer Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 2004 Thread //CLOSED// Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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