Editor;
Re: Pattaya officials begin Songkran planning (PM Friday, 01 March 2013) – Having been here for many Songkran holidays the best planning will have no effect on the behavior of farangs. I fully expect it to be another 10 days of madness.
One solution which might help would be posting signs or handing out flyers to bars outlining holiday etiquette. Not dousing people on their way to or from work, people who are clearly not engaged in the water throwing, and people who are injured or handicapped.
Having seen how it is celebrated all over Thailand it’s just shameful that during this period here you cannot even go out to dinner and expect to arrive there or home as you left it.
Until something serious is done there will be more road accidents, incidents of violence, crime, and deaths to both Thais and farangs.
Change happens slow in Pattaya, regardless of the law. I don’t expect the celebrating of Songkran to change in my lifetime. We will do as before – either plan to stay home, or leave town.
Dill Pickles
