It will be very strange to be back in Thailand next week.
I tried resolutely to us prevent leaving there in first place but the politically dire situation back then simply didn't bode well for small businesses like my own: military coups, protests and bombs do not inspire decisions makers to invest in that new website they budgeted for in happier times.
Almost two years on I am elated I failed. It was shocking TV viewing to see soliders fire live rounds into crowds of it's own people, worse still on a street I must have walked down several hundred times.
I'm so far resisting the urge to rant at that stupidity of it all, but fact remains I know close friend Thais who have been offered 800 baht a day to riot, regardless of their allegiance. If you earned 5,000 baht a month doing a dead-end job, for a business which is too scared to open at this time anyway, what would you do? This is not a protest that has grown organically, make no mistake whatsoever who is behind it all.
This man is pretty much walking past my old front door. There is a park that Daeng and I used to do a couple of laps of each evening which I hope(d?) to visit on our hols. Sorry to harp on about me, me me but it's pretty amazing when world events happen in the middle of places you know best.
Jon and Daeng, have a lovely holiday but please take best care. Look forward to seeing you both (plus Thailand pics) when you get back. Love you loads, stay safe. XX
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