Avoid Pattaya during Songkran

Editor;

Re: Songkran mayhem reigns for 10 days (PM April 20) - Exactly. glad to see an article actually mention how bad it is for normal routine business to be conducted. I was in Pattaya once for Songkran and will never do that again and have avoided at least two trips there because my time off from work coincided with Songkran. You just can’t have that big of a mess for so long.

GK

Extended holiday leaves Jomtien beach a mess

Editor;

Pattaya welcomes you to Jomtien, the garbage beach! We can provide you with as much trash as you can pick up. Plastic cups, plastic bags, bottles, polystyrene plates and anything else you can think of, in fact we have more than the 7-11s have.

This garbage problem comes in with the tide and it’s not going away to “Never-Never land” when the tide changes, it just comes back even worse on the next tide. Not only is it environmentally damaging to sea life it is also a serious health hazard to us. Whoever is responsible for the beaches must address this problem ASAP. Comparing the blue sea at Bangsaray to the dirty sea in Jomtien makes it look very much like we have a sewage dumping problem!

The least effort to solve some of the beach cleaning is an employed organized morning clean up team, every day, and investing some money in beach cleaning vehicles like other countries do, would make cleaning it even more efficient.

Concerned,

Rustybry

Pattaya Songkran needs some changes

Editor;

Re: Songkran mayhem reigns for 10 days (PM April 20) - Last night the 19th at 7:45 p.m. I ventured out on my motorbike to get some food at a local store. I was ambushed by adult Thais and hit in the face w/ dirty water with such force I almost wrecked. I had to get medical treatment for my eyes. Don’t the water wars stop at night? Buckets of water at moving motorbikes. Come on, Pattaya; you need some changes.

J.S. resident

Songkran non-reveler receives eye injuries

Dear Editor;

I would like to comment about Songkran activities that are dangerous and out of control. I went out for milk and cereal at 7:30 p.m. on the 19th on my motorbike thinking it would be safe from Songkran activities. I went to Big C on S. Pattaya Rd. and was met immediately by hordes of drunken people in the street blocking it and hitting bikers in the face with buckets of nasty water. I was also met with bikers on my side of the road coming at me as they found the road blocked at the entrance to Big C (which was closed) so I took a side road to Soi Batman. Mistake! I was caught there and hit repeatedly with huge buckets of water, etc., by drunk, angry people. Pattaya, have sanook (fun) but stop it at night; and stop hitting moving motorbikers in the face as you could seriously injure them. My eyes were injured.

Kamel

Avoid Pattaya during Songkran

Extended holiday leaves Jomtien beach a mess

Pattaya Songkran needs some changes

Songkran non-reveler receives eye injuries