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March 20th, 2010 — Bangkok, Government, Politics, Red Shirts, Travel Warning
The Red Shirts or UDD have once more taken to the streets and are at this moment blocking the traffic in Bangkok. These are the roads they will march on:
Yommarat road
Petchaburi road
Ratchadapisek road
Ladprao road
Bangkapi road
Ramkamheng road
Rama 4 road
Silom road
Yaowarat (China Town) road and most shop in China town are closed due to this.
The Redshirts have been instructed not to hit back or scream back at the angry people in Bangkok and hope people from Bangkok will join them.
The Redshirts have promised not to take the way around the airport and to the Siriaj Hospital where the King of Thailand is staying.
Since the traffic is almost to a standstill in central Bangkok traffic going in and out from the city will off course be blocked as well.
If you do not have any business in Bangkok today and tomorrow do not go there.
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March 14th, 2010 — Crimes, East Thailand, Pattaya, Travel Warning
The Pattaya Police are doing a crackdown gold snatchers and thief that snatch god and bags from Tuk Tuks. Tourists feel safe in a Tuk Tuk but many cases of necklaces snatching from the outside of the car while moving has proven otherwise. Since many people are aware of the thief’s they do not flash gold chains in public anymore but the thief’s have started to snatch from tourists on moving cars.
Anybody who catches a snatcher will get a reward of 2000 THB and the Pattaya Police are hoping that motorbike taxi and Tuk Tuk drivers will help catch the thief’s.
The ironic part is that many of the taxi drivers are snatchers themselves, when they not drive a motorbike they snatch bags and gold.
When traveling in Pattaya do not flash your gold or leave your bag unattended even in the day time.
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March 11th, 2010 — Travel Warning
I am not sure not that the Redshirts are trying to close down the country or the Thai government is trying to make things worse. The Police and not the Red Shirt will close down Bangkok from 12.00 Friday. The Thai government is now suspending petrol sales to everyone so people can not travel; they think that will stop the red shirts from coming to Bangkok.
Have anyone in the media really checked how many is going to come? Where do you hide 1 million people? I mean they must have some estimate? Is the Thai government really going to scream wolf every time a Red Shirt jump out from the rice fields?
I think that the Thai government is doing people a favors keeping people safe but this is like we waiting for some kind of big red dragon that will come crawling down from north Thailand.
People in Thailand have the right to express their feelings and it is not the government’s duty to suspend any media channel or stop petrol sale for them to do so.
The Thai government is right now trying to close down the Redshirts TV channel to make them less mobile. It surprised me a lot that the Red Shirt did not protect their channel better since they got it closed down last time as well.
This petrol stop will probably not work because people working in a petrol station seldom listen to what the government in Bangkok says. But in any case if you want to travel this weekend maybe you should check your extra tank.
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March 11th, 2010 — Bangkok, Politics, Red Shirts, Travel Warning
Are you in the risk of being locked inside your own apartment for a few days? What are the hotspots that the Red Shirts and the police will close off tomorrow?
If you need to travel from these areas tomorrow remember that you probably cannot get a taxi and you can probably not go out with car at all. The roads will be closed and nobody can go in and out from tomorrow at noon 12.00 until the time the Police and the Red Shirts goes away.
If your car or motorbike is parked outside in these streets you might consider moving it away to avoid damage.
Do not get angry at the police or the Red Shirts for blocking your way you have been warned about this now and just accept the fact and be sabi sabi.
If you do not want to stay inside your home for a few days then go to the sea side and relax.
Map of hot spots provided by Nation Multimedia
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