Bruce Mangosteen

As I said in the other thread we land on the 18th, so I THINK we just miss Songkran.

I believe I detect.....

Welp, the fog surrounding my 2025 trip to Thailand is clearing, and it looks like we'll be there for Songkran. In that case, I suspect we would spend part of the week in Ayutthaya with the family, and part of it in Pattaya. More to come as the dust settles...

I agree that it would be more fun if it was less aggressive. I don't especially mind getting wet if I know it's coming, I just don't want to have a high-powered hose turned on me.

How different is that from your normal routine?

That sucks mate, sorry to hear.

As long as you stay away from the tourist areas, you should be able to avoid the water cannons. I love the small children who are having fun splashing water and don't mind getting a bit wet from them on a hot afternoon. It's just a whole different atmosphere, much more fun and relaxed, and easier to write off as a charming indigenous festival than when you get pelted with water or bombed with a sack of powder by some drunk, hulking farang.

Songkran in Pattaya (nominally) runs during the week of April 13 this year. That's fairly late, so there's plenty of time to plan for it. Funny, when I lived there, I never felt like I wanted to leave the country to avoid it. For most of the celebration we stayed around our condo in View Talay 1, which featured bars, restaurants and small shops on the ground floor (that didn't allow water inside), and Foodmart was just outside the compound. It was actually quite enjoyable to hang out and watch the kids have run. I normally went out into it once or twice during the week. If one of

Excellent thread, 10/10. I've been to most of those places including the car show. Coincidentally a buddy of mine was there and posted some pics of it on Assbook. Only if you're posting someone else's pics and representing them as your own. 😀

IIRC, the rule of thumb is 1 year of turnover or 3 years of profit, Alex would know this.

Almost unthinkable innit? Personally I think he'll hang in there instead, maybe take on a manager or even a partner, and make some changes. I haven't seen him in nearly a year, so my opinion might change after some time spent in his company.

^Nice.

Because it doesn't rhyme with "howler", "jaguar", or "dinosaur"?

Well, you folks added the "u" to your words in tribute to your Norman/French conquerors, so I'd think twice about going there if I were you. https://www.onlinewritingjobs.com/writing-tips/writing-in-british-english-vs-american-english/ Hell of a time finding references for that unlike before. Pretty embarrassing I guess. Anyway, get back to me when "color" rhymes with "hour", "flour", "sour", etc.

On the far-right maybe 2.5th.