Girls in hot Tom Yam soup (link to their SX-18 pics here)

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Girls in hot Tom Yam soup (link to their SX-18 pics here)

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I want to say that Thailand is by and large a conservative country. This may sound surprising for some as Bangkok is known for its sex industry and transgender activities. (Prostitution is really illegal in Thailand – but no one pays too much attention.)

 Throughout our taxi ride to Bangkok city, we were bombarded with radio messages asking women to dress in appropriate attire and to avoid skimpy clothes. The Culture Ministry must have been concerned given the past incidences of inappropriate encounters and abuses over this festivity. I can see why, it was like Spring Break Wet T-shirt contest on Khao San Road on the Songkran (Thai New Year) festival.

 A popular Thai girl band, Girly Berry was engaged by the Ministry to promote this avoid-skimpy clothes campaign --- BAD MOVE!

It does not take a genius to guess what happened when they turned up to perform on Songkran... read more here.