Went to a wedding party last night with 4-500 people in one of the biggest hotels in Ranong.....Like most Thai weddings it was just a dinner reception that only lasted for 3 hours. Envelopes with money given and a lot of high end people attended. I didn't know, but my wife told me we were sitting at a table next to the gouvernor of Ranong.
Anyway, these parties are boring, and I think we need to learn them how to party. I think they are better at parties up north with at least a full day on the piss. In the south it seem to be more important to show off with fancy hotels, important guests and other high end stuff than actually having a good time.
Being only two foreigners we still managed to have a good night as we hit the bars after the wedding :-)