DON'T COME TO BANGKOK ..

.. unless it's essential.
That's the advice being given by foreign governments including the United Kingdom, the United States of American and Australia.
The UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office is also advising British citizens here to "exercise extreme caution throughout the country, an avoid demonstrations and large gatherings."
The sky train system will stop operating at 6pm this evening and the subway is only partially operational today. It really does seem as though things are getting worse, and as regular readers will know I've been regularly writing about how, for most people, it has been business as usual but today my company has made preparations that will enable us to continue to operate if members of staff are unable to reach the office next week.