The Mayor of Pattaya Khun Itthipol presided over the opening ceremony at Nong nooch Tropical Garden at Na Jomtien to mark the start of one of the largest money making events of the year for the Nong Nooch and for Pattaya - Songkran.
Joining Khun Itthpol was Khun Phawat The Sherrif of Sattahip who took a day off chasing drug suspects in the region and Khun Kampol the Director of Nong Nooch Tropical Gardens.
the Songkran festival at Nong Nooch gardens 2014 has been named "Maha Songkran with Blooming Flowers" and aims to show off a fusion of traditional Songkran culture along with the more modern methods of soaking people to the skin with high pressure hoses and a soaking with a Nong nuch touch a whole herd of elephants trained specially for this weeks events using their trunks to spray visitors with water.
So if you fancy making a trunk call and want to leave your phone at home then Nong Nooch Tropical Gardens should wet your appetite for the season of complete idiocy known in Thailand as Songkran.
