I doubt that there is much coverage back home of the political situation now in Thailand, but you may recall a few weeks ago I attended a Red Shirts rally in Bangkok. The Red Shirts are demanding a new election since the present military led government simply ousted the elected prime minister and parliament and installed themselves to run the country.
It seems the government is not bending and a confrontation even to the point of civil war seems likely. For that reason I plan tomorrow to star rt making my way back toward Bangkok in hopes that things will stay fairly calm until I am in able to catch a flight to LAX or Tokyo, and then head back home. Right now I am in Vientiane, Laos and tomorrow I will bus to Pakse in southern Laos and cross into Thailand to visit my friend Sang, the rice farmer and collect the bag he saved for me while I am up north. From there I head to Bangkok. I am so happy to have been able to travel as much as I have and I am planning my next trip to see some of the places I will miss this time.
So the news from Thailand is not so good. It is a shame that the lovely country of Thailand is undergoing such turmoil and I am praying for a peaceful solution to the problems. Please add Thailand to your prayer lists.
By the way I did something to my computer and now the display print is very small and I can not remember how to enlarge it. I would appreciate if somebody refreshes my memory. hanahan12@aol.com. Thanks.
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