There's a coup d'etat happening in Thailand right now. We're out in the country, in the sticks, so of course I saw none of the tanks that are rumoured to be blocking Bangkok's crowded city streets. There's no radio transmission and all channels on TV are showing the same message (with music) that says something like, "At the present time a group of revolutionaries, for the Democratic system with the King as the head of the country, which consists of the commanders of the military and the national police, have taken over the area of the capitol city of Bangkok and its vicinity without any opposition. In order to keep the peace of the country we are requesting your cooperation and we apologize for the inconvenience."
Heard rumours of a possible 'double-coup' -- that the Prime Minister had planned a coup and a rebel army chief planned a different one? The BBC said this, "Thai media say that two army factions appear to be heading for a clash, with one side backing the prime minister and the other side backing a rebel army chief." And they know a lot more about all this than I do. We are pretty cut off right now.
In Bangkok, my brother was at Models' Night at Santika and had to give up FOUR free drink tickets cuz of this! Just joking :) He did say that everything looks perfectly normal and people who are not glued to their televisions don't seem to know anything unusual is happening.
Will keep you updated.
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