reader Posted June 30 Posted June 30 Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin will inaugurate the “LOVE PRIDE PARADE 2024” and join the longest grand parade in Asia at 6 kilometers, to conclude Pride Month. The parade will march from the National Stadium along Rama 1 Road, passing Pathumwan, Siam, Ratchaprasong, Phloen Chit, Asoke, and Sukhumvit, ending at Benchasiri Park in Bangkok from 4 PM to 6:30 PM. Over 1,000,000 spectators are expected along the route. Chai stated that the Thai government, alongside more than 100 leading private sector organizations, is organizing the LOVE PRIDE PARADE 2024 to celebrate the conclusion of Pride Month, the month of pride for the LGBTQIAN+ community. khaolakguy 1 Quote
Popular Post reader Posted June 30 Author Popular Post Posted June 30 It was a near perfect day for parade. Stepped off to partly sunny skies that thankfully turned overcast but without any rain. From what I could tell from my observation point near Central World, it was very well organized with a strong turnout of participants. Toward the end, a large contingent of big bike riders (think Harleys) added a decidedly macho touch. Coming from the US, Sturgis came immediately to mind. The on-lookers were a mix of locals—young an old alike, tourists, families (who doesn’t love a parade), and they loudly joined in voicing their approval. Bangkok, thanks for the memories! floridarob, vaughn, vinapu and 2 others 4 1 Quote
jason1975 Posted June 30 Posted June 30 Thanks for report! With Thailand open attitudes, can expect more gay tourists for the businesses in future! Quote
vinapu Posted July 1 Posted July 1 23 hours ago, jason1975 said: 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 so envious! How I wish I can be there! You only 2 hours flight away, easy 1 day trip ! Quote
jason1975 Posted July 1 Posted July 1 4 hours ago, vinapu said: You only 2 hours flight away, easy 1 day trip ! I rather save energy and money for a longer holiday! Quote
floridarob Posted July 1 Posted July 1 47 minutes ago, jason1975 said: I rather save energy and money for a longer holiday! Imagine if @vinapu or others lived as close.....they'd be there for only some hours....or a show....or a massage My shortest trip to BKK during my return to US on Sept 11, 2001, for a weekend, from Dallas......I have a 9/11 stamp in my passport from Thailand but was 9/10 in usa at the time.... vinapu 1 Quote
a-447 Posted July 1 Posted July 1 I've always envied those living in Europe,where you can just pop over the border to another country for lunch and be back home for dinner. I live in Perth. Bali is closer than any other major Australian city. Friends and I used to fly up to Bali for the day. We'd arrive in time for lunch, laze around at the beach, have dinner at one of our many favourite restaurants and then fly home. We'd also often fly up to spend Friday and Saturday nights drinking and dancing at the now defunct Sari Club. Unfortunately, Thailand is just a bit too far to do that. floridarob, Ruthrieston and vinapu 3 Quote
vinapu Posted July 2 Posted July 2 18 hours ago, floridarob said: Imagine if @vinapu or others lived as close.....they'd be there for only some hours....or a show....or a massage you got it right, if I were closer I'd be keen on coming just for weekend or long weekend from time to time My shortest trip were 1 week trips in Oct 2018 and Oct 2019 Quote
floridarob Posted July 2 Posted July 2 2 hours ago, vinapu said: My shortest trip were 1 week trips in Oct 2018 and Oct 2019 Mine was for a weekend in 2001....left BKK on Sept 11th, have a sept 11th stamp in my old passport even though it was Sept 10th in NYC....turned into a longer trip than I thought after we were forced to land in Vancouver. I had asked my boss if I could go out of town for the weekend, he said sure. When I told him what happened, he said I didn't think out of town meant on the other side of the world, FOR A WEEKEND. He asked me, who does that? I said better to have gone to Thailand for a weekend than not at all 😉 ggobkk 1 Quote
vinapu Posted July 2 Posted July 2 I agree with your boss that going for weekend to other side of world is a bit extravagant but I don't think it's idiotic at all as long as we can survive it physically and finance it. My inspiration for 1st 1 week long trip came form my cousin living in Europe who got reward - paid for 4 days trip to Bali. Upon return he told me he can do it every week so I said to myself why not me?. Flight for my 2nd weeklong jump was paid by somebody else so it was easy decision. I even got trat from airline - upon return flight was less than half full so I had 4 seats at disposal -first class for the poor Quote
floridarob Posted July 2 Posted July 2 This was back in the time of easy business upgrades and frequent flyer points were issued by the number of miles flown. So a roundtrip to BKK with all the bonuses usually accrued enough miles to get a free trip to Brasil, in business class. Quote
Patanawet Posted July 6 Posted July 6 On 6/30/2024 at 7:08 PM, reader said: It was a near perfect day for parade. Strange, I saw nothing in the press or TV. Usually lots of photos and videos, even on BBC and CNN. Quote
bkkmfj2648 Posted July 6 Posted July 6 6 hours ago, Patanawet said: Strange, I saw nothing in the press or TV. Usually lots of photos and videos, even on BBC and CNN. https://www.facebook.com/ThaiEnquirer/videos/love-pride-parade-2024/1422012658508238/ https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/thailand-thailand-held-its-pride-parade-2024-the-biggest-in-asia/vi-BB1ps44c reader 1 Quote
Olddaddy Posted July 7 Posted July 7 On 7/1/2024 at 8:25 PM, a-447 said: I've always envied those living in Europe,where you can just pop over the border to another country for lunch and be back home for dinner. I live in Perth. Bali is closer than any other major Australian city. Friends and I used to fly up to Bali for the day. We'd arrive in time for lunch, laze around at the beach, have dinner at one of our many favourite restaurants and then fly home. We'd also often fly up to spend Friday and Saturday nights drinking and dancing at the now defunct Sari Club. Unfortunately, Thailand is just a bit too far to do that. And as you worked for the Australian Government it was all on taxpayers money 🤣 Quote
a-447 Posted July 7 Posted July 7 I worked for a large Japanese company and paid all my taxes to the Japanese government. Quote
vinapu Posted July 7 Posted July 7 2 hours ago, a-447 said: I worked for a large ... company whenever I hear something like that I recall famous exchange ' How many people are working in this building ?", "about half" Olddaddy 1 Quote
a-447 Posted July 8 Posted July 8 To get back on topic, let me say that I'm happy to parade my love and pride for my job for all to see! Quote
floridarob Posted July 8 Posted July 8 1 hour ago, a-447 said: To get back on topic, let me say that I'm happy to parade my love and pride for my job for all to see! Naked? Olddaddy 1 Quote
a-447 Posted July 8 Posted July 8 5 hours ago, floridarob said: Naked? Oh, what a horrible sight that would be! It's why I think the guys who "take care" of us deserve every baht. vinapu and Olddaddy 1 1 Quote
Olddaddy Posted July 10 Posted July 10 On 7/8/2024 at 9:32 PM, a-447 said: Oh, what a horrible sight that would be! It's why I think the guys who "take care" of us deserve every baht. Very true 🤣 Quote
