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Songkran still continuing
- 12:15pm, April 18, 2004
While visiting the site of the mega-bridge construction (photos
tomorrow) we were surprised to see Suk Sawat Road still choked
with die-hard Songkran revelers (right).
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Songkran heat - April
16, 2004
Conor Bracken noted the incredible temperature
(left) on the final afternoon day of Songkran: That’s not
a typo where it says "feels like 136 F."
Cell
phone repair business enjoys Thailand's annual water fight
- AP, April 16, 2004
...Thaweechai said he's been fixing wet cell phones for the past
several years during Songkran, charging between 250-450 baht (US$6-11)
per phone. The technique is simple. He unscrews the cover, pours
out the water, blow dries it with an electric hair dryer and reinstalls
the software before recharging the battery.
Songkran on Khao Sarn Road -
April 15, 2004
In the first 36 hours after posting the Songkran
photos from Khao Sarn Road, the page itself was served 122,873
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A Songkran scene -
5:24pm, April 14, 2004
For those of you in town for Songkran, this will be nothing new,
but if you cannot be here, it will give you an idea of what goes
on.
Right: Green bus 60, jammed with Songkran revelers, heads
down Suthisarn Road to a point where roadside revelers are throwing
water.
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Those in the bus jump out to douse and be doused by
the group at roadside.
| Right: As the bus starts to roar off,
two drunken boys dash in front of it, narrowly escaping being hit. |
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Green bus 60 finally continues on its way. This scene
is repeated countless times during Songkran.
(Photo: 2Bangkok.com)
Patpong, 1:03am, April 14, 2004
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