I am ok.
I only found out about the military coup when I got up this morning. It was as peaceful as a coup can be, and it all happened on the other side of the city. The main impact on me is that they announced today a public holiday and as a result most things were closed, and also that there are armed soldiers everywhere and big armed vehicles and tanks in certain areas. Stupid tourists are still having their photos taken in front of them though. Duh.
The British Embassy advice is as little movement about the city as possible, which I'll try and be good and follow. They also recommend that those of us kicking about other parts of Thailand just keep a close eye on the situation. So I now have to make a decision as to whether to miss out Thailand altogether, go and do Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos, and then fly from one of those to Kuala Lumpur. Talk about bad timing!
However, the lovely owners of this hostel have thrown a 'Coup Party' with food, booze and pool to keep us all happy indoors. So I'll go enjoy now.
On a side note, I have to say I don't like this city much. It's a big, polluted, sprawling, dirty, noisy city with actually not that much to see (even if it was all open).
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