They arrived swiftly on their
brooms, posed for a photo, then disappeared just as swiftly.
Manoon Makpol
While Pattaya this year passed on producing its usual
Halloween festival, residents and tourists still made the most of All
Hallows Eve, wandering the streets in costume, helping children satisfy
their sweet tooth and using Oct. 31 as yet another reason to party.
The most haunted areas of the city, as expected, were the
foreign-centric enclaves of Walking Street and Soi Buakaow, where adults
dressed as vampires and pirates held the hand of little ghost children.
Restaurants and bars welcomed trick-or-treaters with carved pumpkins and
spooky lighting, as well as candy for the kids and a cold beverage for the
adults.
Halloween brought out the zombie in Wuthisak Phanumran
who said he was warming to the Western tradition of dressing up for Oct. 31.
He still might try to learn the real intent of the holiday; however, as he
said, his friends convinced him to join in with the argument that it was the
only night he could go out and get drunk in public without anyone caring.
But in a Buddhist Southeast Asian city that has adopted
both a Christian Christmas and Irish St. Patrick’s Day, Halloween seems like
a natural fit.
Jack Sparrow - that’s Captain
Jack Sparrow! - meets Dracula.
Ooooo, scary, scary…
Psych ward escapees blend
right in on Halloween night.
One of the little Smurfs seem
roaming Walking Street.
One of the little Smurfs seem
roaming Walking Street.
Why didn’t you save us,
mother?
Adults dressed in their best
costumes hold the hands of little ghost children.
Adults dressed in their best
costumes hold the hands of little ghost children.
Be careful of the brew these
witches are promoting.
Domo arigoto.
Is that Michael Jackson?
Angels surround a warlock.
My Dar-Ling.
(Right) Beauty and the beast.
Ghouls, ghosts & goblins are
out in force on Halloween night, even in Pattaya.
