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Monthly Archives: May 2010
May 26: Bangkok on the mend- Lumpini Park Opens & 1,000 Monks
Bangkok is quickly getting back to normal. Street food is back (thank you!), traffic is back, construction noises and motorbikes zipping everywhere are back. Public transit is running, I am struggle through nightly Thai classes once again. Massive numbers of … Continue reading
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Tagged Bangkok, Bangkok protest, Buddhism, is bangkok safe, Lumpini Park, Monk, Red Shirt March, Red Shirt Protest, red shirts, Red Shirts in Bangkok, Red Shirts Protest, Thailand, Thailand Politics, travel to Bangkok now
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Thai Foreign Ministry writes open letter to CNN about accuracy of reporting
Sometimes the news is not the real news. The Thai Foreign Ministry has written a letter to CNN detailing the massive inaccuracies in one of their reports, to read the letter: http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/ThaiTalk/2010/05/23/entry-1 In other CNN reporting on the situation here…..I … Continue reading
Bangkok Volunteers for Cleanup
Thousands are volunteering to assist with the clean up in Bangkok. Streets are re-opening, checkpoints are being reduced, the curfew shortened- things are getting back to normal. The cleanup progress is shocking, streets that were blackened with smoke from burning … Continue reading
Bangkok May 21 and 22- Newspaper headlines “A Nation Mourns”
Bangkok continues to be on the mend- another night of quiet and another morning of more cleanup and normal activities. The subway and skytrain systems are still closed, but many of the roads are beginning to reopen. The military and … Continue reading
Bangkok the day after- May 20
Calm and quiet. The curfew was necessary, the total silence and darkness was shocking. There is a two year jail sentence for breaking the curfew- I didn’t see anyone risking it. No cars, no pedestrians, very few lights and silence. … Continue reading
May 19- The military ends the red shirt protest, choas, next?
The military stormed the protest site today, the formal protest is now over. I could see the military advance through Lumpini park, see the fires and hear the fighting. The military showed logical restraint, would surge forward, regroup and surge … Continue reading
Bangkok- This is not a battle by Thai people for the betterment of Thailand
Update on Tuesday, 18 May. The fighting was much less last night and this morning there is no smoke coming from the Lumpini area and no gunfire. Twitter is buzzing with details of a ceasefire, I think all hope it … Continue reading
Bangkok May 16- Red Shirts, Military, Next Steps
A bit to help everyone understand the fighting that has taken place in BKK since 13 May (last Thursday)- this is not a government offensive to regain control of the protest site, this is to push the protesters back to … Continue reading
Red Shirts vs Military in Bangkok- Saturday May 15
Notes from Saturday’s War Zone: Gunfire, grenade explosions and thick black smoke were the theme of the day as the heavy fighting was taking place just past Lumpini park toward the Sathorn area and on Wireless road. Wireless road is … Continue reading
Battle in Bangkok May 13 & 14- Red Shirts get what they want
After all the twists and turns the red shirts got what the hard core members wanted: a fight. Over the past week the red shirts political party accepted the government “roadmap to reconciliation”. The red shirt leaders huffed and puffed, … Continue reading
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Tagged is bangkok safe, military, red shirts, seh daeng, travel to bangkok
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Farang ( ฝรั่ง) In Bangkok 