Another Bar Closure Day (or two)

[MM 6,562]

Bars have been informed that they must close tomorrow, July 17 and the following day, July 18.

 

This is Khao Phansa Day (Buddhist Lent) when all the monks return to the Wat for 3 (?) months of meditation. (The good news, for some, is that you can't get married during those three months -- at least in a Buddhist marriage, so no one has to worry about sin sot issues till Oct or Nov. )

 

Anyway, FLB and WS will be lights out tomorrow for sure. The 18th ought to be okay for some bars if they keep a low profile till midnight.

[glynbuk 29]

Get all the bar closures out of the way before i arrive in December

[BigDUSA 71]

How many days a year are the bars required to be closed?

[CheshireTom 1,377]

Great news. I'm in BKK at the moment and lower Sukhumvit is crawling with freelancers. They're even doing "Buy One Get One Free" deals outside Robinsons.

[MM 6,562]

How many days a year are the bars required to be closed?

 

Too many, IMHO.

 

Well, there are the usual Buddhist holidays, national holidays, royal birthdays, then the elections. It's quite unpredictable. Some years you have to close on a particular holiday, other years you don't. Whimsy and confusion.

 

There's another closure coming next month.

 

Here's a list that shows many holidays. Some are bar closures, some are not. The next one up is the Queen's birthday...

 

2008

1 Jan New Year's Day.

21 Feb Magha Bucha Day.

6 Apr Chakri Day.

13-15 Apr Songkran (Thai New Year).

1 May Labour Day.

5 May Coronation Day.

19 May Visakha Bucha.

1 Jul Mid Year Bank Holiday.

16 Jul Khao Phansa Day (Buddhist Lent).

12 Aug HM The Queen's Birthday.

23 Oct Chulalongkorn Day.

5 Dec HM The King's Birthday.

10 Dec Constitution Day.

31 Dec New Year's Eve.

[LBJ 533]

23 October? That blows.

[torrenova 644]

No-one closes for the Queen's birthday but if the political situation carries on as it is then don't bet against another round of elections and the preceeding weekend closure forcing another 4 or 5 days shut on the non voting non Thais !

 

Of course, if everywhere was shut then as a business owner you'd still get all your share of the cake as people would spend more each day you were open but as some bars can flout the law you may non only lose your day's trade but much more.

 

Another nail in the Pattaya tourist coffin I think. They've got to get to grips with the fact that your every day guy just won't keep on putting up with this shit and eventually he'll bugger off somewhere else.

[las vegas paul 0]

Martin WETn WILD will be open Friday, stop on by.

 

LVP

[nutosf 49]

Several gogos on Soi Diamond were open last night including Heaven Above. Heaven Above is planning on opening tonight also.

[FarangFatal 0]

Oct 23Rd

 

Wow, does that mean that we should all hang out at MBK to see all the Chula U Uins out of Uni... and doing what we would expect? Now that would be nice