Boxing Day

Every year for the past several years a friend of mine, Aom, has been organizing a “Fancy Dress” party in Bangkok. The idea is simple: Bangkok is all decorated up for the holidays so why not get a bunch of people together in costumes and use Bangkok as the backdrop. Here were the pics from last night.

The next two pics I snapped last night and decided to include because they basically sum up everything you ever needed to know about Bangkok.

This sign pretty much sums up the Bangkok philosophy; Anything goes as long as you don’t get caught. It’s illegal to smoke in bars or other public places and this bar strictly enforces the law by letting you know that you can go ahead and smoke but you’re responsible for any fines.

I think the fine is 2000 baht ($60) for the individual and 20,000 baht ($600) for the establishment. Now, this being Thailand, it would not be unheard of for the bar to be the ones who call the police to report you for smoking and then taking a cut of the fine as a reward for tipping off the police. 🙂

And yes, people need a little reminder from the Tourist Police that they shouldn’t take free food or drinks from strangers. I guess these would be the same people who’s parents never taught them to never accept gifts from strangers.