PATTAYA CARNIVAL FOR FEB. 2010

[caramba]

Pattaya prepares to tackle the “Guinness Book of Records” for the biggest “Gathering Of Bikini Fashion” on Pattaya’s Jomtien Beach, which will be held on 12-14th February 2010

 

 

The web:

 

http://www.pattayada...NEWS=0000010324

 

 

Someone was at Carnival in Pattaya?

 

Please, I hope your information

 

 

Greatings from Spain

[Johnny Wilde]

Somehow my life just got even better

God I love seeing hot chics in bikinis prancing around in the streets!

This gonna be a real kodakmoment

[caramba]

Does anyone have any experience Carnival in Pattaya?

 

I am interested in knowing something of the Carnival

 

[erogenous]

crap! i'll be in hong kong during that time!! dammit!! i would've really wanted to go!

[Nevermind]

i'm leaving on the 12th

although only at 16.00, maybe i can take a quick look.

[caramba]

Pictures of Pattaya Carnival 2006

At the end of February every year the Pattaya Carnival is a three day extravaganza right in the middle of the busy tourist season and makes South and Central Pattaya one big party.

 

Read more about Pattaya Carnival 2006.

 

Click on the thumbnail to enlarge picture.

 

Edited December 13, 2009 by caramba

[D1cky986]

Sounds great, I'm in town as well...

[welshwonder]

that looks interesting, will be in los then so hopefully check it out

[DJW]

that looks interesting, will be in los then so hopefully check it out

 

It's the day I come home - wish I'd known before booking my flights as it looks a great event. I'll expect a photo of Welshie in the world's longest line of bikini clad girls

[furryman]

oh boo, I'm going to miss it by just a few days.

[welshwonder]

It's the day I come home - wish I'd known before booking my flights as it looks a great event. I'll expect a photo of Welshie in the world's longest line of bikini clad girls

 

 

dont worry i will be there taking photos for you mate , anyway i thought you were in the carnival on the lady boy float

[DJW]

dont worry i will be there taking photos for you mate , anyway i thought you were in the carnival on the lady boy float

 

I'm on that bus mate......tho think the carnival could be a highlight

[whynotme]

i arrive in bangkok feb 7th and now i know what date i am arriving in pattaya

[hazze]

Nice.

I'll be over there for that.

I'm sure I can make some time in my busy schedule to watch thai girls in bikkinis and drink beer.

Hold on a minute, thats already my plan.

[caramba]

Pattaya International Mardi Gras 2009

 

By Richard Barrow

The Pattaya International Mardi Gras took place yesterday along Beach Road in Pattaya. This was their first attempt at a "Mardi Gras" which I guess was held to help boost tourism in the region. The advertising posters billed it as "Pattaya's first electrical carnival parade". They are hoping to make this an annual event though this year it seemed to have been partly sponsored by the Central Group as it coincided with the opening of their new mall Central Festival.

 

The name "Mardi Gras" is probably more famously linked with the carnivals in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and New Orleans, Louisiana. A Mardi Gras is usually held every year before Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent. Thai people are mainly Buddhists but that doesn't stop them from celebrating with a Mardi Gras Carnival. In Pattaya, they focused on three themes: Thai Contemporary Arts; Modern Beach Lifestyle and Under the Sea Celebration. Well, that was the plan anyway.

 

The parade was due to start at around 4 p.m. along Pattaya Beach Road near the Hard Rock hotel. However, they didn't start to get moving until after 5 p.m. It didn't really matter that much. Everybody was all lined up and it gave us plenty of opportunities to take pictures of the participants. The parade was led with a couple of floats sponsored by the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) which was the "underwater theme". Following them were the dancing girls from many of the bars in Pattaya. Personally I think these skimpily dressed girls were very out of place though obviously they were a crowd pleaser. I will post some pictures over at ThailandQA Forums so that you can decide for yourself.

 

There were certainly many well dressed women wearing outlandish colours that could be linked to what we envision as a Mardi Gras. At the same time there were also many traditional Thai costumes in the parade. In some ways, it was a bit like a normal parade that we often see here but with a more international theme.

 

The second half of the parade was mainly children from local schools. In some ways they were the highlight as they had more enthusiasm. They had a go at dressing up as dancing ladies, but also they wore more traditional clothes with themes such as Songkran. They had both marching bands and traditional Thai music. The parade seemed to be very long and also very slow at times. I watched it for most of the time from the Hard Rock Cafe. The end of the parade didn't pass us until about 6.30 p.m. The complete parade route was said to be 5 k.m. long and I would reckon that many of these children would have been very tired once they got to the end.

 

Read more: http://www.thai-blogs.com/index.php/2009/01/24/pattaya-international-mardi-gras-2009?blog=5#ixzz0aWocds8d

 

Pattaya Carnival 2006

 

www.pattayamail.com/ 351/home.htm

Organized by Pattaya City Hall in conjunction with the Tourism and Sport Ministry, Pattaya Carnival 2006 will be held 24-26 February 2006 with the majority of events taking place along Beach Road and Laem Bali High port. Staged with a 10 million baht budget from Pattaya City Hall , expect it to be something special!

 

The carnival kicks off at

 

Dolphin Traffic Circle in NorthPattaya and moves on to Bali Hai Pier, pausing at Pattaya Klang Sai Sam and Walking Street before moving further into South Pattaya . Highlights of the carnival will be a Vespa motorcycle and car parade, a fancy dress parade for Thais and foreigners, and a major parade featuring marching bands and carnival floats. 25 February sees local country singers Dao Mayuree and Apaporn Nakhon Sawan display their talents alongside the first round of the Miss Pattaya Carnival 2006 pageant, while 26 February features more live music shows and the final round of the pageant.

 

The proceedings will be covered by local television and press and there will be a series of ‘side-events' including a Sandcastle competition, an exhibition of goods created through the ‘One Tambon One Product' (OTOP) scheme (locally produced goods) and amateur sports. If you are in Thailand over the period of the carnival it's a good reason to build Pattaya into your itinerary!

[Anokanite]

Same weekend as Pattaya bike week, bummer. Have to check some of this out first.

[Devil Plaything]

That'll be today then Now I've just got to get out of bed...

[feenzy]

thats one place i wouldnt want to be..

[plahgat]

I have been in Pattaya over a month now, but haven't seen any banners or heard anything about a Pattaya Carnival or any 2000 bikini girls contest in Chomthien!?

All I know is that Ripley's are having some record speed-dating attempt in Royal Garden Plaza today!

 

Plahgat

[Khunsingha]

As far as I know there's no carnival activity in Pattaya. I just saw the chinese New years festival but that was good as well.

I guess, for fallang eyes this is like carnival.

[Devil Plaything]

Well it was supposed to be in Jomtien... I never did get out of bed in time though

[aussieassman]

I hope some BMS will be be posting pics of this event for us poor guys stuck at home

[Ron Rat]

I hope some BMS will be be posting pics of this event for us poor guys stuck at home

 

A bit slow or the floods got to you. I know NSW cricketers are rubbish. This thread was several years old.