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Monthly Archives: April 2011
2011 Coup Rumors & TV
Think being the Prime Minister in Thailand is fun? No street protest, everything is politically stable in Thailand? Things are on edge to the point where an issue with a satellite knocks out TV reception for a few hours and … Continue reading
Posted in Bangkok, Culture, Politics, Thailand
Tagged Bangkok, coup 2011, current events, Red Shirt Protest, Thailand, Thailand Politics, Thaksin, yellow shirts
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Songkran In Bangkok- 2011: Day 2
I missed the first day of Songkran, had to work in Malaysia. Day 2 was very fun, Bangkok seemed to be one giant water “fight”. Most Thais say “play with water” and that is more correct than the term fight- … Continue reading
Bangkok Songkran 2011- very different from 2010
Last year there were some questions if the Songkran celebration would even take place in Bangkok- the red shirts street protest had just moved to the central commercial district and then on 10 April 26 people were killed when fighting … Continue reading
Posted in Bangkok, Culture
Tagged Bangkok, current events, is bangkok safe, Songkran
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Red Shirts, Yellow Shirts?
Last year I lived in the middle of the Red Shirt protest, I traveled to Thailand during the Yellow Shirts protest and blockage of the airport. But what are most Thai people? Reds or Yellows or do they care? The … Continue reading
It’s Friday and Almost Songkran 2011
Friday, sunny and not terribly hot and Songkran is next week. I read this morning that some schools have begun the Songkran celebration with prayers and blessing, so the New Year celebrations are kicking off in Thailand. Songkran is an … Continue reading
Posted in Bangkok, Culture, Thailand
Tagged Bangkok, current events, sightseeing, Songkran, songkran 2011, Thailand Travel
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Farang ( ฝรั่ง) In Bangkok 