Songkran love it or hate it

[Manforallseasons]

Not for the people for whom the celebration is intended.

Unfortunately, what was meant to be a civilized religious/cultural time has become somewhat of a prolonged nightmare and has nothing to do with its original intent.

[christianpfc]

If anything positive came from the pandemic it was not allowing Songkran...

Looking at Covid numbers in Thailand, it was the travel for Songkran 2021 that set off the current wave.

...a prolonged nightmare and has nothing to do with its original intent.

In Pattaya and tourist areas of Bangkok. In the provinces, it's bearable. I spent many a Songkran in the provinces (to escape the madness in Pattaya and Bangkok) and it was okay. Except Bang Saen (seeside resort town in Chonburi popular with Thai) where I would like to see the sandcastles built for Songkran, but no way to get there, and to get a hotel. Traffic jams of biblical dimensions already kilometers away.

Songkran looks like great fun. How could anyone not enjoy this ?

Pictures and videos are treacherous. I participated in Songkran 2013 in Silom and spent most of the time squeezed sogging between oldies and fatties and women. The novelty of a foam party quickly fades and then it's just cold and wet.

...I was straining my eyes trying to spot a cute boy in the video posted above.

Exactly my experience in Songkran 2013 in Silom.

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[Dodger]

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I think the boy on the far right in the "Who I Really Meet" photo is a doll. Different strokes as they say.

You'll never hear me complaining about watching scantily-dressed boys with wet bodies working themselves into a frenzy. The atmosphere in Pattaya is a bit barbaric, but as long as I still have hair left on my head - it doesn't hurt to let it down once in a while.