This past extended weekend of December 4-7 was the holiday of the King's Birthday and Father's Day, which unlike in the States, does not refer to one's own father, but to the Father of all Thai's - The King, Bhumibol Adulyadej, King Rama IX He's 88 years old now and sick, and everyone wonders who will succeed him, but more than that, he is revered by Thai people as a benevolent king who has done good things for his subjects during his long, nearly 70 year, reign, and is universally regarded as "dad", just as his wife, also old and not well, the Queen Consort, Sirikit Kitiyakara is regarded as "mom".
The king's color is yellow, and for the past couple of weeks or so we have seen many people wearing, and shops selling yellow pullover shirts emblazoned on the front with the logo "Do It For Dad", referring to the annual bike rally that will take place shortly in his honor, and maybe to raise money for something or other - I confess I'm not certain about that, and on the back with a bicycle image of some kind.
As such, this long weekend is a major get-a-way to the beach time for many Thai's, and Cha Am is the beach many Bangkok Thai's get away to. Here are some images from Sunday the 6th of December on an afternoon section of beach in Cha Am:
The king's color is yellow, and for the past couple of weeks or so we have seen many people wearing, and shops selling yellow pullover shirts emblazoned on the front with the logo "Do It For Dad", referring to the annual bike rally that will take place shortly in his honor, and maybe to raise money for something or other - I confess I'm not certain about that, and on the back with a bicycle image of some kind.
As such, this long weekend is a major get-a-way to the beach time for many Thai's, and Cha Am is the beach many Bangkok Thai's get away to. Here are some images from Sunday the 6th of December on an afternoon section of beach in Cha Am:
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