On Thu, 05 Feb 2004 01:03:02 GMT, "Joel Smith"
wrote:
>first let me tell you that it is NOT a good idea to be in CM during
>Songran....it is hot and the streets are wild and crazy with people of all
>ages dousing you with river water, ice water for 4 to 5 days. You have to go
>around the city to avoid them.
>
What do you mean, not a good idea? It's absolutely GREAT fun to be
there for Songkran. It is so much fun, you get to meet so many Thai
people so easily, hang out with them, have fun, go to the concerts on
the square near that new gate thingie (forgot the name) int he
evening,...
The water throwing stops as the sun goes down by the way. So you can
go to your hotel, have (another ;) shower, change clothes, grab a bite
to eat and then go to the concerts and party into the night.
>UNfortunately the foreigners are much worse
>than the locals and are to be avoided...they seem to get posessed and show
>no mercy.
Unfortunately, this is true.
>Nontheless you can get a bus to Pai and MaiHongSong and other
>areas during the deluge in CM..get there the first week of february for the
>PoiSongLong festival in MaeHongSong and also at the Burmese Wat in CM. (Wat
>Pa Po (sp))
>for hotels....call for reservation now for PEOPLE PLACE.lodging...very nice
>and price under 15 dollars a night. but because it is busy
>there,reservations are needed....email address is pptel@samart.co.th
>their telepone is 053 282487 and address is9 lane 8 SRIDONCHAI RD. and
>there is a good open peoples restaurant at the corner for soups and mangos
>with sticky rice....alsoa banana roti cart appears there at night
>mmmmmmmmmmmmm any more info??? gee I miss the place already !!!
>
Dunno this place but you are right, probably better to make
reservations in advance and avoid ending up in a fleapit as all decent
accomodation will be full.
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