Quote Originally Posted by MiniMee View Post
The bars are almost certain to be closed on 6th October for Awk Wan Phansa - the end of Buddhist Lent. New rules were imposed in 2015 and bars were closed last year too. 13th Oct is actually the anniversary of the passing of HM King Bhumipol Adulyadej and things are sure to be very subdued on that day, even though the funeral is two weeks later.
MiniMee, do you speak Thai? You actually transliterated Wan Ok (Awk) Phansa correctly. I've seen it (wrongly) transliterated as "Ow or Aw Phansa" just as "kok" (island) is often wrongly transliterated as "ko". So we often see "Ko Samet", "Ko Samui", "Ko Phi Phi" when it should be Kok Samet, Kok Samui, etc.