Stickywrites

As many of you have heard and written to/called us in concern, there was a military coup of the prime minister (Thaksin) here in Bangkok last night at about midnight. While the PM was away to speak at the UN in New York, the military declared the constitution null & void and implemented martial law for the meantime… Many businesses and schools have declared a “snow day” so to speak, but where we are living in Prawet (Eastern Bkk), we can hardly tell any difference in the daily life here in our community, so not much to be concerned about at this point. But thank you for your concerns & calls!
As far as we have heard, nothing too much to expect – we tried to turn on CNN last night but the military supposedly seized control of the TV stations and were playing Royal Family Thai-music videos, so we didn’t get too much news til we got on the internet this morning. Now CNN and other programming have resumed.
Can you imagine Donald Rumsfeld taking the U.S military troops and surrounding the White House, and saying “I am the current leader of this nation, there is no constitution to speak of, and George Bush is no longer President.” That’s basically the equivalent! Taking that into consideration, this has been a startling reminder that we ARE living in a developing nation even though Bangkok is a very metropolitan, foreigner-infested city of 11 million people!!