Songkran in Pattaya is the time to get wet, whether you want to or not, whether you like it or not. Visitors to Pattaya are used to getting wet regularly - getting wet regularly on the inside with the consumption of copious amounts of beer.
Beware on two counts. Firstly Thais love to use Songkran as a chance to bring out their basic instincts of throwing water about, consuming large amounts of alcoholic beverages and rushing around like crazy nutters on motorcycles.
Now is NOT the time to be drinking and driving. If you are lucky enough not to become a statistic in this years death and carnage register you are very likely to be caught in one of the many roadside checkpoints that the fine local constabulary have set up all over Pattaya to look for car drivers not wearing helmets, motorcyclists not using their seat belts. and of course those who are drunk but not so drunk that they have already fallen off their machines.
The police statistics are rapidly clicking up with dozens of revellers arrested at just one check point outside Wat Chai Mongkol in South Pattaya and Chonburi authorities declaring the region a no drink and drive war zone.
Enjoy Songkran and go daft with the water by all means but don't be daft and stupid at the same time by trying to drive home while under the influence.
