Jingjok
ห้ามขายเหล้า: hours, holy days and the age
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Shops and restaurants sell alcohol from eleven in the morning to midnight and let you finish by one; the old afternoon ban was scrapped in 2026. Bars and hotels in the licensed zones run later. Five Buddhist holy days are dry nationwide, Makha Bucha, Visakha Bucha, Asahna Bucha, Khao Phansa and Ok Phansa, and the 7-Eleven fridge is locked from the evening before an election to the end of polling day. The legal age is twenty, checked at club doors, so carry your passport or a clear photo of it. Drunk driving is tested on the roads out of Walking Street every night; the scooter stays where it is, and the Grab costs 120.
Try this today
Check the Buddhist calendar for this week's holy day before you plan the night.
Your first 90 days of Thai
Culture cards in Jingjok are tied to the words that carry them, each ending in one thing to try today.
- WEEKS 1–2 · SURVIVEGreet anyone, pay, and order food and 7-Eleven exactly how you like it.
- WEEKS 3–6 · SETTLE INGet around by taxi, Grab and skytrain, find anything, and handle your landlord.
- WEEKS 7–12 · RUN YOUR LIFEPharmacy, bank, SIM and apps, how you feel, and a weekend away, all in Thai.
The first week is free.