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Home»Entries posted by Patrick Huang

Song Kran 10 – Thailand’s alternate water festival riding high on pink dollars (video)

By Patrick Huang on May 14, 2016  

Mention the word ‘Songkran’ to anyone familiar with Thailand and their thoughts inevitably turn to the water fight mayhem on the streets of Silom, Khao San, Chiang Mai, and Pattaya, along with reports and photos of foreigners (and some Thais) partaking with too much enthusiasm and generally behaving badly. What the mainstream media and Tourism […]

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