No there isn't a more interesting place to be on St Patty's Day but in Singapore. It is the only place that one can have a beer with the sect of people who celebrate the Irish tradition the most, the Americans. All joking aide... Americans are really the only nationality that celebrate the day as a national holiday. Another group that you will find out and about on this day (night and into the next day) are the Australians but all they need is a reason. And with most of the Aussies, when a reason to drink a beer is involved... well... give them an inch and they'll take a mile. The Irish do party and drink but its because they would do that anyway. They look at everyone else and laugh.
We were told, several times, that everyone else takes it more seriously than the Irish do. In fact, they don't even wear green. They wear blue.
To follow suit, the next day there was a parade. St Patty was an Indian man in a turban. I don't have a picture. But I do have this. I just kept thinking about a skittles commercial. Finished the day with a wonderful Thai dinner... I thought it fitting.
ref: St Patty's day - and here I thought you were working for a living. Bangkok one day then Thai dinner in S'pore. Some of us would call this "vacation"! - Also waiting for posting of pictures of Bubba Hamby's host -
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