The Pattaya Saint Patrick’s Day parade is a charitable event organised by the Irish Society of Pattaya. Beneficiaries on the event include the Father Ray Foundation, Pattaya Redemptionist School For The Blind and other charities which sponsor under privileged children in Pattaya. The St Patricks Day Parade has been an annual event in Pattaya since […]
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Chiang Mai Yi Peng Lantern Festival
The Chiang Mai Yi Peng (aka Yee Peng) festival is one of many spectacular occasions in the Thailand event calendar. The Yi Peng festival is unique to Chiang Mai, and I suggest if you are planning a trip to Chiang Mai, visiting during the Yi Peng festival could be one of the best times. What […]
Continue ReadingSongkran Pattaya 2017 Photos
Just a few candid photos of dancing girls, frolicking girls, a confrontation in the street and much more from the Pattaya, Thailand Songkran festival 2017. More Pattaya Songkran photos from the 13th and 17th April 2017.
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If I’m in Pattaya for the 2017 Songkran festivities I will replace the content of this page with some (hopefully) wonderful Songkran photos. If you don’t see the mentioned photos you can I assume I either got called to work, decided to hole up, or got out of dodge. The 2017 Songkran festival is the […]
Continue ReadingRaising the Chofah
So far as I know the “Yohk Chofah” (Raising the Chofah) ceremony must be performed during the construction of every Buddhist temple in Thailand. Yohk Chofah ceremony is performed when the Chofah is raised to the temple roof and secured to the gable of the roof. What is a Chofah ?, If you have ever […]
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