BANGKOK QUIET, NOT SO ELSEWHERE
The central area of Bangkok is incredibly quiet, almost eerily quiet, this Saturday afternoon. This could partly be because of the traditional mass exodus for the Songkran holidays, but I'm sure there's an element of fear that's preventing locals and tourists from coming out onto the streets.
In Pattaya things are very different. The Asian Summit of Leaders has been canceled following disruptions by the "red shirts". A state of emergency has been declared in that city (and only in that city). Turmoil is a word that's now been linked to Thailand by more than one media outlet.
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Apparently the "red shirts" are heading back to Bangkok, so it may not be quiet for long...Happy Songkran...Next week should be interesting.
I can't see how a group of protesters could have caused that much disruption without either extreme incompetence or a rather high level of duplicity on the part of the Military/Police. The location for the ASEAN meet was easily defended, being on a peninsula of sorts with limited access. It's not a good sign for Abhisit, but a worse one for Thailand.
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