They're singing...

[Chanchao]

Last weekend I went on a trip to the seaside resort town of Pattaya, where the

highlight of course was seeing Germany get wasted by an excellent English

football team. Of course this game lasted to well into the night, well past

the 1am/2am government enforced closing time. In most bars, music and most of

the colored lights were turned off at 2am, but this didn't stop the party!

No music... so girls started *singing* Isan pop/folk songs. First just a few

girls humming a bit, then louder and louder while things got merryer and

merryer. Police was around sometimes, but to ban singing.... I think even the

likes of Brezhnev didn't dare to go there. I love this country. It was so

innocent, so beautiful, so fun, so .. sanuk.

One can not force Thais to stop having/being 'sanuk', just as much as you

can't tell them to throw out the whole cuisine and start eating potato's with

gravy and boiled-to-death vegetables. The more things change, the more

they're staying the same. I'm now completely convinced we have nothing to

worry about.

Cheers,

Chanchao