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unplugged_boy
Joined: 17 Jul 2006
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 Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 8:01 am Post subject: Warning for Travellers: Military Coup in Thailand |
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posting this up because it wasn`t up here and it looks like a few of you haven`t been reading up on the news. a military coup ousted the current thai government in a non-violent overthrow.
canadian government advises:
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| You are advised against all travel to the far southern provinces of Narathiwat, Pattani, Yala, and Songkhla (including the city of Hat Yai), where almost daily attacks continue to occur including attacks with firearms, bombings, beheadings, arsons, and attacks with knives. There is no indication that the frequency of the attacks will decrease. On September 16, 2006, bombs exploded in Hat Yai (Songkhla Province), resulting in deaths and injuries. Several foreigners were killed, including one Canadian. |
http://www.voyage.gc.ca/dest/report-en.asp?country=290000
yikes! 
i had a trip to thailand planned next month.. i`m now reconsidering. |
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shevek
Joined: 29 Jul 2003
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| Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 11:56 am Post subject: Re: Warning for Travellers: Military Coup in Thailand |
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| unplugged_boy wrote: |
yikes!
i had a trip to thailand planned next month.. i`m now reconsidering. |
Don't be a drama queen. You're 1000 times more likely to get hit by a car and killed in Korea than die in a terrorist bomb in Thailand....or even Afghanistan for that matter.
Were you even planning on going to the extreme south of Thailand anyway? |
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kigolo1881
Joined: 30 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 7:03 pm Post subject: |
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| hope all this will reduce the prices to fly to thailand just in time for my vacation during xmas and new years. heheheh |
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jaganath69
Joined: 17 Jul 2003
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| Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Meh, I would be so there if I could. Nothing much has changed, just the eedjits running the place. |
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shevek
Joined: 29 Jul 2003
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| Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 7:53 pm Post subject: |
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| jaganath69 wrote: |
| Meh, I would be so there if I could. Nothing much has changed, just the eedjits running the place. |
Actually - you're wrong!
They've abolished the 2am curfew in BKK.
Hands full with other crap I guess.
It's back to the good old days of a ladyboy and a mai tai for breakfast.  |
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unplugged_boy
Joined: 17 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 8:21 pm Post subject: Re: Warning for Travellers: Military Coup in Thailand |
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| shevek wrote: |
| unplugged_boy wrote: |
yikes!
i had a trip to thailand planned next month.. i`m now reconsidering. |
Don't be a drama queen. You're 1000 times more likely to get hit by a car and killed in Korea than die in a terrorist bomb in Thailand....or even Afghanistan for that matter.
Were you even planning on going to the extreme south of Thailand anyway? |
not trying to be a drama queen.. just trying to inform others what is going on in the world. if you have even read anything about this incident in the news.. u would know it has nothing to do with terrorists.
actually... i would like to know from people who actually live in thailand, what the general feeling and consensus is about the uphevel. |
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shevek
Joined: 29 Jul 2003
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| Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 8:44 pm Post subject: Re: Warning for Travellers: Military Coup in Thailand |
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| unplugged_boy wrote: |
| shevek wrote: |
| unplugged_boy wrote: |
yikes!
i had a trip to thailand planned next month.. i`m now reconsidering. |
Don't be a drama queen. You're 1000 times more likely to get hit by a car and killed in Korea than die in a terrorist bomb in Thailand....or even Afghanistan for that matter.
Were you even planning on going to the extreme south of Thailand anyway? |
not trying to be a drama queen.. just trying to inform others what is going on in the world. if you have even read anything about this incident in the news.. u would know it has nothing to do with terrorists. |
So what's this quote in your OP all about then???
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| You are advised against all travel to the far southern provinces of Narathiwat, Pattani, Yala, and Songkhla (including the city of Hat Yai), where almost daily attacks continue to occur including attacks with firearms, bombings, beheadings, arsons, and attacks with knives. There is no indication that the frequency of the attacks will decrease. On September 16, 2006, bombs exploded in Hat Yai (Songkhla Province), resulting in deaths and injuries. Several foreigners were killed, including one Canadian. |
Because that's essentially irrelevant to the current political "crisis" / readjustment, whatever you want to call it.
I was talking to a Thai friend today and it's business as usual.
Most of those state department warnings are excessively dramatic.
Read them, be aware of them but take them with a grain of salt.
And BTW if you want to hear advice from people who are actually living in Thailand re: the current climate you'd probably get a more fruitful response on ajarn or even nanaplaza.com than you will on a Korean esl site. |
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pidgin
Joined: 31 Jul 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 12:52 am Post subject: Re: Warning for Travellers: Military Coup in Thailand |
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| unplugged_boy wrote: |
| actually... i would like to know from people who actually live in thailand, what the general feeling and consensus is about the uphevel. |
www.ajarn.com
www.teakdoor.com
www.thaivisa.com
www.stickman.com |
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SweetBear
Joined: 18 May 2003
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| Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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| It's business as usual here (in Thailand). Simply stay away from the far south. There are plenty of things to do and see elsewhere anyway. |
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Julius
Joined: 27 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 4:43 am Post subject: Re: Warning for Travellers: Military Coup in Thailand |
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[quote="unplugged_boy"]
canadian government advises:
wow.
shock factor... wonder if the thais are any closer winning the battle against extremists in the south? They aren't going to tolerate this threat to their tourist dollar much longer |
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TECO
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 8:38 am Post subject: Re: Warning for Travellers: Military Coup in Thailand |
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| unplugged_boy wrote: |
posting this up because it wasn`t up here and it looks like a few of you haven`t been reading up on the news. a military coup ousted the current thai government in a non-violent overthrow.
yikes!
i had a trip to thailand planned next month.. i`m now reconsidering.
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Why would you cancel your travels to Thailand when it's "non-violent" and expats currently in country, as well as news reports, claim that it's "business as usual"?
You're reporting news here in the same manner as it would be reported in America - it's "Fear Mongering" is what it is.
Thailand is, for the most part, very safe for expats as it always has been. You're more likely to get killed on the roads in Thailand than in any conflict related to the military take over, in my opinion.
Relax. Take your vacation in Phuket. |
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Neil
Joined: 02 Jan 2004
Location: Tokyo
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| Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 9:17 pm Post subject: |
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| I flew back to Korea the day after the coup.....didn't notice anything out of the ordinary, thais and farangs were both going about their daily business as if nothing had happened.....your be fine I reckon. |
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ajgeddes
Joined: 28 Apr 2004
Location: Yongsan
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| Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 9:32 pm Post subject: |
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| If there is one thing Thailand can't afford, it is to hurt their tourist industry. Stopping tourism would kill their economy and would be about the most counter-productive thing in the history of the universe. Now, if the rebels in the south start doing shit, that is a whole different ball-game. |
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Curious George
Joined: 06 Apr 2004
Location: Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 8:56 pm Post subject: |
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I lived in Bangkok and my wife is Thai. The coup changes nothing except getting rid of that azz Taksin. Most Thais support it.
Haha, several of my friends were in a bar a few blocks away when the tanks rolled up. They said "Oh there is a coup and tanks? BARTENDER give us another beer!" |
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