Guderian Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 I read on another board that this year Jomtien will get its own water madness day on the 20th. In the past the 18th was Naklua, the 19th Pattaya and Jomtien, and the 20th Bang Saray (and maybe places in between like Baan Amphur, I’m not sure?). If so it’s the first I’ve heard of this, I was looking forward to things getting back to normal on the 20th. Can anybody confirm or refute this change? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onemorechang Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 (edited) Reckon its just fake news by the diehards Edited April 15, 2017 by onemorechang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSixpack Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 Very doubtful. Jomtien isn't enough of a distinct and separate municipal entity to have its own Songkran on a different day than Pattaya's. It's just such an easy and natural progression from Pattaya right on to Jomtien on the 19th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojomor Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 Hope not. I have enough already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guderian Posted April 16, 2017 Author Share Posted April 16, 2017 I hope you're all correct. I've only seen one person post this so hopefully it's untrue. The bars where I enjoy a beer most afternoons are almost completely deserted now, yesterday I was the only customer in three adjacent bars. All the regulars who drink there every day had vanished. The fact that many of the bars had set up water drums and hosepipes outside was probably to blame, though at the moment with hardly anybody down there to soak it's all fairly quite. I'd hate to see an extra day of this idiocy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzzi850m2 Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 We rode out to Jomtien on the scooter yesterday from north Pattaya and it was pretty easy to avoid getting wet. I suspect it will be harder today but we will be going to Central on beach road but will avoid beach road all together and enter from 2nd road. Traffic was pretty bad yesterday, looks like all the Thais holidaying here just drives around and around, find a place to eat and then drives around again. Looking forward to the 21th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onemorechang Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 (edited) 59 minutes ago, guzzi850m2 said: We rode out to Jomtien on the scooter yesterday from north Pattaya and it was pretty easy to avoid getting wet. I suspect it will be harder today but we will be going to Central on beach road but will avoid beach road all together and enter from 2nd road. Traffic was pretty bad yesterday, looks like all the Thais holidaying here just drives around and around, find a place to eat and then drives around again. Looking forward to the 21th. Your be fine on the 20 , there will be no water throwing going on Ps Soi watboon is a wet one now, every day in afternoon Edited April 16, 2017 by onemorechang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little mary sunshine Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 18th,19th are SUPPOSED to be the wet days in Jomtien! , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesimps Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 I think it's Najomtien's turn on the 20th Goes on forever for us in the Pattaya/Sattahip area, especially if you have to travel back and forth. You Bangkokians get off light, just a distant memory for you. Songkran? What Songkran?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louse1953 Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 4 hours ago, Guderian said: I hope you're all correct. I've only seen one person post this so hopefully it's untrue. The bars where I enjoy a beer most afternoons are almost completely deserted now, yesterday I was the only customer in three adjacent bars. All the regulars who drink there every day had vanished. The fact that many of the bars had set up water drums and hosepipes outside was probably to blame, though at the moment with hardly anybody down there to soak it's all fairly quite. I'd hate to see an extra day of this idiocy. So the bar makes no money in Songkran.May that will teach them something but i doubt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrobay Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 (edited) 5 hours ago, Guderian said: I hope you're all correct. I've only seen one person post this so hopefully it's untrue. The bars where I enjoy a beer most afternoons are almost completely deserted now, yesterday I was the only customer in three adjacent bars. All the regulars who drink there every day had vanished. The fact that many of the bars had set up water drums and hosepipes outside was probably to blame, though at the moment with hardly anybody down there to soak it's all fairly quite. I'd hate to see an extra day of this idiocy. And 4 hours later it looks like a very quiet Songkran ( Pattaya) : Maybe too early but from North Pattaya Beach rd by songkow to South Pattaya /back via 2nd rd , was only passenger and again maybe too eary but very little action soi 7&8 and along 2nd rd. Not one pretty girl shaking it either ? Edited April 16, 2017 by morrobay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joepattaya1961 Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 I saw an announcement in Thai the other day: 17 Banglamung 18 Naklua 19 Pattaya 20 Jomtien etc......further South The 20th seems to be Jomtien indeed and that means that Songkran in Pattaya is extended with one day, because for sure the border between Jomtien and Pattaya will be moved to Pattaya Tai for this event. So, starting on the evening the 12th and ending on the evening of the 20th it's 8 days of madness and City Hall wants to tone down Songkran in a more traditional manner? Let them start in enforcing the original dates 13, 14 and 15 April instead of having a Songkran month in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onemorechang Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 I predict jomtien beach road will be dry, as usual If people want to drive down the road a few k and carry it on up to them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterw42 Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 (edited) 30 minutes ago, joepattaya1961 said: I saw an announcement in Thai the other day: 17 Banglamung 18 Naklua 19 Pattaya 20 Jomtien etc......further South The 20th seems to be Jomtien indeed and that means that Songkran in Pattaya is extended with one day, because for sure the border between Jomtien and Pattaya will be moved to Pattaya Tai for this event. So, starting on the evening the 12th and ending on the evening of the 20th it's 8 days of madness and City Hall wants to tone down Songkran in a more traditional manner? Let them start in enforcing the original dates 13, 14 and 15 April instead of having a Songkran month in the future. Where does that information come from?. Everything I have seen says 19th, including office closing where GF works in jomtien and signs on shops, girls in 7/11 etc. I was even joking with a Jomtien policeman about him looking for me and wetting me on the 19th, he didnt mention the 20th. Edited April 17, 2017 by Peterw42 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guderian Posted April 17, 2017 Author Share Posted April 17, 2017 2 hours ago, joepattaya1961 said: I saw an announcement in Thai the other day: 17 Banglamung 18 Naklua 19 Pattaya 20 Jomtien etc......further South The 20th seems to be Jomtien indeed and that means that Songkran in Pattaya is extended with one day, because for sure the border between Jomtien and Pattaya will be moved to Pattaya Tai for this event. So, starting on the evening the 12th and ending on the evening of the 20th it's 8 days of madness and City Hall wants to tone down Songkran in a more traditional manner? Let them start in enforcing the original dates 13, 14 and 15 April instead of having a Songkran month in the future. Ah, good find, maybe that's what the guy on the other board was referring to? I can only hope that it's some confusion about names, as the 20th is officially Bang Saray day but maybe that includes Na Jomtien and Baan Ampur? Last year on the 19th I drove down to Bang Saray to get away from the madness in Pattaya and Jomtien proper, and the people lining both sides of Sukhumvit throwing water disappeared when I got to Na Jomtien. Maybe the table should say: 19 Pattaya/Jomtien 20 Na Jomtien/Bang Saray That's what I'm hoping anyway, but hey, I'm also hoping to win the lottery... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSixpack Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 2 hours ago, joepattaya1961 said: City Hall wants to tone down Songkran in a more traditional manner? Haven't heard anything about "traditional" whatnot actually replacing or mitigating the usual water/powder/ice throwing yet. Thought Soi 6 & Walking St. were supposed to be targeted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jubkhun Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 On Saturday, April 15, 2017 at 11:36 PM, Mojomor said: Hope not. I have enough already Me too. You always get a couple of idiots who don't play fair, tonight one very ugly Thai girl was still throwing water over passers by on 2nd Road at 10pm, and this fool had been doing this for many hours. Must be brain dead.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onemorechang Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 (edited) 3 hours ago, jubkhun said: Me too. You always get a couple of idiots who don't play fair, tonight one very ugly Thai girl was still throwing water over passers by on 2nd Road at 10pm, and this fool had been doing this for many hours. Must be brain dead.. Now there is some time limit of when to start and when to stop playing songkrain !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This just gets more funny this thread. Maybe a bit after 18:00 on the 19th may work. Edited April 17, 2017 by onemorechang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovethailandelite Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 From Pattaya Tai and heading South to Bang Saray on the 20th. Sattahip will be clear as they had there Songkran yesterday Monday 17th April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSixpack Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Please update the thread on the 20th or 21st. I think we may be getting fake news here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMC1 Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Please update the thread on the 20th or 21st. I think we may be getting fake news here. Regarding Songkran in Pattaya/Jomtien on the 20th it is either an error or fake as there are Thai news articles talking about road safety and Songkran preparations for Pattaya on the 19th, nothing mentioned for 20th. I think many of us on here can go back lots of years and confirm that we've never had Songkran on the 20th in Pattaya, only it moves down to Bang Sare direction. There are events set up for this evening on the 3rd road (DNA & Mor Lam concert) which are set up to run into the main Songkran day tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovethailandelite Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 1 hour ago, DMC1 said: Regarding Songkran in Pattaya/Jomtien on the 20th it is either an error or fake as there are Thai news articles talking about road safety and Songkran preparations for Pattaya on the 19th, nothing mentioned for 20th. I think many of us on here can go back lots of years and confirm that we've never had Songkran on the 20th in Pattaya, only it moves down to Bang Sare direction. There are events set up for this evening on the 3rd road (DNA & Mor Lam concert) which are set up to run into the main Songkran day tomorrow. Absolutely correct. Pattaya as such finishes on the 19th. It then moves to Na Jomtien, Ban Ampur and Bang Saray on the 20th. People see Na Jomtien as beginning at Pattaya Tai. It has followed the exact same pattern for the years and years that I have lived in that area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reenatinnakor Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 So Pattaya Songkran 19th falls on a Wednesday which is cheap cinema ticket day, so I have to navigate a way to Central without getting wet! Could go late in the evening I guess. Sent from my LG-H990 using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovethailandelite Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Just now, reenatinnakor said: So Pattaya Songkran 19th falls on a Wednesday which is cheap cinema ticket day, so I have to navigate a way to Central without getting wet! Could go late in the evening I guess. Sent from my LG-H990 using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app Good luck with that! Have you ever been there on the final day of Mayhem? I messed up yesterday having a need to go to Sattahip not realising it was there day. It was like a war zone. I have always wondered why Sattahip itself has an odd day for there Songkran when Na Jomtien, Ban Ampur and Bang Saray come under Sattahip District and not Pattaya anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSixpack Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 4 minutes ago, champers said: Off topic, but Trumpisms are becoming part of the US lexicon. Am I right or is it just an alternative fact? I think the alternative facts are supposedly other facts that haven't been given proper weight according to the speaker. In this case, it's either true or not true that Songkran will be on the 20th in Jomtien. I doubt it will be, as it never has been previously, but we'll need to know for planning purposes next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champers Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 3 minutes ago, JSixpack said: I think the alternative facts are supposedly other facts that haven't been given proper weight according to the speaker. In this case, it's either true or not true that Songkran will be on the 20th in Jomtien. I doubt it will be, as it never has been previously, but we'll need to know for planning purposes next year. Hugely tremendous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterw42 Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 This is one of those "a guy in a bar told me" threads, Its the 19th and will not be on the 20th. If anyone has information to the contrary please say so and give the source of the information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovethailandelite Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 7 minutes ago, JSixpack said: I think the alternative facts are supposedly other facts that haven't been given proper weight according to the speaker. In this case, it's either true or not true that Songkran will be on the 20th in Jomtien. I doubt it will be, as it never has been previously, but we'll need to know for planning purposes next year. I think you will remain dry anyway North of Jomtien 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSixpack Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 (edited) coming soon Edited April 18, 2017 by JSixpack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onemorechang Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 2 minutes ago, JSixpack said: coming soon I hope you use the correct protection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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