Tag: Songkran
Songkran comes to a watery end
The “fun” lasted over a week, beginning in many places around Pattaya on April 12 and coming to a watery end on the 19th....
Songkran – a traditional start
No sooner has the month of April arrived and people are making plans to leave Pattaya. Social network sites are full of people,...
Pattaya Mail marks Songkran with ‘Rod Nam Dum Hua’ ceremony
The Pattaya Mail management and staff paid respects to the elders in the company’s annual Songkran ‘Rod Nam Dum Hua’ ceremony. Marlowe Malhotra,...
Banglamung Home for Elderly, YWCA honor seniors for Songkran
The Banglamung Home for Elderly focused on healthy living at its annual Elderly Day commemoration. Chonburi Deputy Gov. Pornchai Kwansakul presided over the April...
Volunteers remove mountain of garbage after Pattaya Songkran
Once the water was dry, all that remained of Songkran in Pattaya was a mountain of garbage. From main thoroughfares to tiny sois,...
Traffic police plentiful during Songkran
Pattaya police deployed 150 officers to try and keep Songkran traffic moving. While highway police set up checkpoints to inspect drivers for alcohol...
Waterproof phone pouches popular during Songkran
Street vendors have found a new source of revenue for Songkran besides ice and powder: telephone covers. In Naklua, water fights continued as...
Water vendors drown in Songkran profits
Perhaps the happiest people in all of Pattaya during Songkran are the ones supplying the water. The annual holiday again had water-truck operators’...
Police attempt to curtail PVC water cannon use
Pattaya police confiscated more than 2,000 PVC water cannons through the first week of Songkran. Police superintendent Col. Suwan Cheaonawinthawat ordered a crackdown...
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