2006-09-20 00:46:55 · 49 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ Thailand
Tank shells or machingun bullets do not know the difference between tourist, freedom fighter or government troops. For the sake of your friends and family wait until the situation develops before jumping on a plane. If all goes t-ts up we will have one more body-bag to repatriate, just for the sake of a holiday!
2006-09-20 01:05:24 · answer #1 · answered by Jim G 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Definitely go.
There is no problem. This is good for Thailand. Here's a letter from Thailand today
'When my wife finally stopped singing and dancing around with our son at 7.45am this morning, she shouted out "Damn good!"
a) few people outside Thailand really know how Taksin has so cleverly usurped, benefitted from financial corruption instead of tackling it, bought up enormous tracts of his own country in areas of future development, bought foreign homes while barring foreigners from doing the same here, sued every major media outlet that criticised him and done NOTHING for the poor, and especially the hilltribes. Smiled at foreigners while restricting visas even further and pursuing policies which may ultimately be seen to be xenophobic. Full of promises and no delivery. Even his home city Chiangmai has waited a year in vain for his promised 53m baht to tackle flooding.
b) yes, he was democratically elected. The second time. Like another western premier we could name. At the first one he bought his way in with the "million baht per village" offer. That turned out to be a loan, not a gift of course, but it did the trick. Literally!
c) In my personal view this bloodless coup would not have taken place so smoothly, if at all, without the tacit consent of His Majesty. Maybe the writing was on the wall days ago? It is reported that Taksin took his whole family to the UN conference - unprecedented.
d) Dancing in the streets? Well there should be wherever thinking people are to be found (ie mainly in Bangkok). What we have in the streets here are lots of armoured personnel carriers and soldiers with rifles slung, looking a little bored and confused. But they don't mind having their photos taken as I proved on the way into the office this morning. Not allowed to talk, though, and many don't know what is happening.
e) Next? One of many responsible comments by General Sonthi was that the army would not hang on to power for very long. A coalition government, maybe with the promising young Democrat Abhisit to the fore, could be great!
f) We live in quite exciting times, but feel totally safe and very curious about the spin-off effects. Prayerfully this can only be good for Thailand!'
2006-09-20 02:35:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Thailand is a very safe country, as a tourist you will not have a problem, in fact, at this stage they will bend over backwards to make you feel welcome. they are one of the few countries in asia which has a recognized and efficient tourist police force. have no fear, you will not even notice that there has been a change of anything. i live in the philippines, which i consider the safest place in the world right now, so if you have a problem, just come here and ask for tequila mike in most bars or places where people sail yachts!!!!
2006-09-20 01:37:37 · answer #3 · answered by fed up with stupid questions 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Take lots of pictures. The Buda temples and all that stuff. Find someone (tour guide or cab driver who speaks english well) to take you into the countryside to the neighboring villages. All that stuff is very interesting. The entire culture is very interesting. The women are beautiful but not worth the risk. Look but don't touch. Be carefull where you eat. Spicy hot food is normal for them. It's so hot that when you walk through some of the villages while they are cooking even the air has a slight burning tinge to it. Hotels where most Americans stay all have very good food. Good idea to bring medication for diahrea with you.
2006-09-20 01:08:12 · answer #4 · answered by normy in garden city 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yep I would - I doubt it'll be any more risky than usual for foreigners. However, I'd check on the Foreign Office website to see what advice they're giving too.
http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029390590&a=KCountryAdvice&aid=1013618386505
I was living in Ecuador when the exact same thing happened, and everything carried on as normal. Sadly the people there are used to this happening every other year. The international media normally makes these things look much worse than they are.
2006-09-20 00:50:58 · answer #5 · answered by Fredlet 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
that depends....if you plan on starting a blood-filled coup and wrecking mass havoc, effectively shutting down the Chatuchak Weekend market so that other tourists can't buy cheap durian and who have no idea that a coup has just taken place, then by all means, DON'T GO!!! Otherwise, its safe to proceed.
Wise man say: don't offend others by eating durian in small non-ventilated places!
2006-09-21 04:55:47 · answer #6 · answered by Michelle O 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you should. I am in Bangkok now and things are back to normal following the coup. There are soldiers around but they are keeping a low profile. There are also many tourists on the streets going about there daily business.
2006-09-20 18:54:45 · answer #7 · answered by barton_richard 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not sure where you are located but if I were going there with all the fuss going on now I would contact my own countries state department or foreign office and find out what they say. If they say no you should contact your credit card company and see what they will do about refunds et al.
2006-09-20 00:53:02 · answer #8 · answered by hodgeshirley 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If I were you, I wouldn't considering the present state of political unrest and the military coup there. Postpone for a while and if that costs you some cancellation charges, its better than losing a limb or even worse, losing your life in 'poltical crossfire' eh??
2006-09-20 00:56:07 · answer #9 · answered by young_friend 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am in Thailand and see local are still smiling and laughing. Is this selfexplatory?
2006-09-20 01:22:13 · answer #10 · answered by pimpa1949 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋