Thailand Trouble III

Am I going to write a Thailand Trouble IV, V, …? I hope no one is coming here to get the latest news on Thailand. I don’t update as much when I’m in the U.S.

The Thailand situation continues to surprise me as well as many others. The state department warnings are getting more firm. Non essential embassy personnel have been sent off. But they are all in Bangkok. As a CNN article shows, things remain peaceful in most (not all, read the State Department warning) areas outside of Bangkok. Buriram province, where we are, has had no unusual activity. One problem with the CNN article is that if you come to Thailand, you will come through the international airport just east of Bangkok. Will protesters close it down again? I don’t think so, but I’m not sure of anything there anymore.

The best thing now is to wait and see awhile. If I already had my non refundable tickets, I’d go ahead and go, otherwise I’d wait. 36 people have been killed in demonstrations so far in Bangkok. Whether that seems a lot to you or not, you should still remember that loss of life in Bangkok alone from car and other such accidents has been much more than that. As I have said before in Thailand II, if you are ever to get hurt in foreign travel, it is most likely to be in a car accident. Even now in Thailand.

I do wonder about that airport. Trouble still seems unlikely there, but…

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