It's wedding time again on Samui

It's wedding time again on Samui

A few days ago I already reported from a wedding held at My Friend restaurant in Bophud and today it's wedding time again on Samui. This time however it was wedding time on Chaweng Lake road, just one of the three weddings I was aware of today.

This was a big wedding and the families involved must be well off, being able to organize such a big party.

It's wedding time again on Samui; This photo gives you an idea about the amount of people expected, it easily caters to approximately 2000 people who all will eat and drink! Chairs and tables until the eye can see.

It's wedding time again on Samui

During this wedding an unusual thing happened, which I hadn't seen before. Due the high day time temperature and the fact that there's no shade at the wedding party tables, everybody just hung out at the main building overlooking the party area until things cooled enough. The picture above shows everybody waiting in the shade.

It's wedding time again on Samui; Things you have to do to get some shade, umbrella's are the fashion of the day.

It's wedding time again on Samui

This photo clearly shows how after a while a lot of folks moved from the building to a shady part of the party area, but are still waiting for the sun to lower, so it's shade will cover the tables.

All tables on the left hand are still unoccupied.

It's wedding time again on Samui; A similar angle just after sunset and the whole party area is booming and buzzing with a good 2000 guests.

It's wedding time again on Samui

A typical set up for the wedding party table; catering to 8 persons, with drinks, soda, Coke and another soft drink and a bottle of Thai Whiskey, in this case the rather upscale Regency.

A real hi-so wedding will have Johnnie Walker Black label but a lot of the weddings we visit have lesser known brand names on the table.

It's wedding time again on Samui; A party for 2000 who need to eat asks for some serious catering facilities and the pots and pans used are massive!

It's wedding time again on Samui; The parking!

After we left the party, we encountered a typical Thai party or gathering phenomena, we were blocked in or parked in by other party goers. Double parking is no problem and it seems that the average Thai person only cares how he can park his car and doesn't seem to be interested in how he or somebody else can get away!

My wife had to go back to the wedding and have the number plate call out so that the owner of the car could move his vehicle and we could leave.

Another interesting afternoon and always good to stuff yourself! Usually there's good Thai and local Samui style food and lots of family around. You end up with 8 people on a table and many times we sit down with some, to me, unknown local Samui people. A good thing that my wife is local, since she always tends to know all the folks that we share a table with.

At the end of the evening, when you go home, you hand over an envelope with money in it, ranging from a couple of hundred Baht to 500,- a 1.000,- or more, pending on what social level the wedding is and how well you know the bride and/or groom.

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Updated 26th July, 2017