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Arrive early morning on Sunday 14th.

Seen reports of a possible public holiday and marches on the capital by the red shirts on the 12th....does anyone have any information?

i have a foolproof method of avoiding trouble in bkk .... on any day with marches, meetings or any possible conflict .... find a bar, locate high stool (preferably close to cute girl) and drink beer .... lots of beer !!! stay there until closing .... then go home !! not always sure of how i've got home though !!!

been here 7 years and it's f**king worked so far !!!! :D:D:D

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Arrive early morning on Sunday 14th.

Seen reports of a possible public holiday and marches on the capital by the red shirts on the 12th....does anyone have any information?

Enjoy your holiday vacation ! People dont give a damn what red shirts would do here. I suggest you take this chance join the marches and take couple of pictures for remember

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Chances of trouble? 100%

Chances that it will seriously affect you? Less than 1%

Despite what BigKus says, people do care about what the red shirts will do, and it's advisable to stay away from the demonstrations.

Ciaran has been dealing with undercover ops for 7 years. Take his sound advice.

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That's what red shirts trying to do, Rob. But people dont care anymore, they just want to live their life and move Thailand Economic forward.

What are they gonna fight for this time ? Get TS back in power ?

add: but be cautious, there still have some sick people that wanna see something violence

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"BANGKOK: -- Up to 20,000 Buddhist monks are reported to be preparing to join the mass red-shirt rally in Bangkok on March 12, threatening to mirror the “Saffron Revolution” in Burma in 2007.

Earlier today, Saturday March 6, Arisman Pongruangrong, a prominent member of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), said he expected up to 20,000 monks from temples such as Dhammakaya and Kaew Fah will join the rally to give moral support to the red shirts, at the same time reminding the government, police and army officials not to harm the protesters”.

Sean Boonpracong, international media spokesman for the UDD, was quoted saying there “is widespread support from monks throughout the country, who feel there is now a serious imbalance in Thai society.

“Whether 2,000 or 20,000 monks join the protest is yet to be seen, but the message the UDD leadership is receiving is that there is a genuine feeling of unhappiness amongst the monks at the way things stand in Thailand now”.

The report of large numbers of monks planning to join the red-shirt’s protest comes just one day after deputy prime minister Suthep Thaugsuban said, “monks should not take part in the planned mass anti-government rally next weekend as it is not their affair”.

At the same time, red-shirt groups around the country are said to be chartering boats and barges and plan to travel to Bangkok by river to bypass road blocks to be set up by the government in an attempt to minimize traffic disruption in the capital from the large number of protesters expected.

Though the government is yet to decide whether to impose the draconian Internal Security Act (ISA) for next weekend, a massive security operation has already commenced in the lead up to the protests.

Amidst reports of increased numbers of CCTV cameras being installed around the Sukhumvit Road home of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, government officials are reporting an increased police and military presence wherever the prime minister travels, with his personal security detail now comprising 20 personnel and five vehicles.

Amongst those taking extra security measures is Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya, who now has two sets of guards numbering about 15 each from the marine corps, and army commander Anupong Paojinda who has assigned a team of 12 officers from the 21st Infantry Regiment Queen's Guard to his personal security detail, in addition to adding two motorcycle escorts to the existing two that precede him on his travels.

On September 22, 2007, 2,000 Buddhist monks marched through Yangon and 10,000 through Mandalay, with other demonstrations in five townships across Burma, to protest at the ruling junta’s unilateral decision to remove fuel subsidies.

On September 23 the number of monks protesting had risen to an estimated 15,000, with protests over the ensuing days seeing the number increase, before a violent crackdown by the Burmese military which reportedly resulted in many monks and protesters being killed, and hundreds more rounded up and imprisoned."

-ThaiVisa

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Arrive early morning on Sunday 14th.

Seen reports of a possible public holiday and marches on the capital by the red shirts on the 12th....does anyone have any information?

i have a foolproof method of avoiding trouble in bkk .... on any day with marches, meetings or any possible conflict .... find a bar, locate high stool (preferably close to cute girl) and drink beer .... lots of beer !!! stay there until closing .... then go home !! not always sure of how i've got home though !!!

been here 7 years and it's f**king worked so far !!!! :D:D:D

Sounds like my kind of plan.....where we drinking?! :o

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Arrive early morning on Sunday 14th.

Seen reports of a possible public holiday and marches on the capital by the red shirts on the 12th....does anyone have any information?

i have a foolproof method of avoiding trouble in bkk .... on any day with marches, meetings or any possible conflict .... find a bar, locate high stool (preferably close to cute girl) and drink beer .... lots of beer !!! stay there until closing .... then go home !! not always sure of how i've got home though !!!

been here 7 years and it's f**king worked so far !!!! :D:D:D

Sounds like my kind of plan.....where we drinking?! :o

well usually in or around .... big mango, hanrahans soi 4, soi 8 bar in (believe it or not) soi 8, gullivers soi 5, pickled liver soi 11, tilac bar soi cowboy, sportsman bar washington square .... should be relatively safe in any of those .... just watch out for number 2's right hook in tilac bar !!! :D:D

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whatever they do I hope at least they wont be so damn stupid to take over the airport again because from what the yellow shirts have done it caused me and many people who had a small business gone bankrupt.

:evil: :evil: :evil:

Brings back some bad memories...yellow shirt morons.

Shot to the foot.

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whatever they do I hope at least they wont be so damn stupid to take over the airport again because from what the yellow shirts have done it caused me and many people who had a small business gone bankrupt.

:evil: :evil: :evil:

Brings back some bad memories...yellow shirt morons.

Shot to the foot.

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Arrive early morning on Sunday 14th.

Seen reports of a possible public holiday and marches on the capital by the red shirts on the 12th....does anyone have any information?

i have a foolproof method of avoiding trouble in bkk .... on any day with marches, meetings or any possible conflict .... find a bar, locate high stool (preferably close to cute girl) and drink beer .... lots of beer !!! stay there until closing .... then go home !! not always sure of how i've got home though !!!

been here 7 years and it's f**king worked so far !!!! :D:D:D

Sounds like my kind of plan.....where we drinking?! :o

well usually in or around .... big mango, Hanrahans soi 4, soi 8 bar in (believe it or not) soi 8, gullivers soi 5, pickled liver soi 11, tilac bar soi cowboy, sportsman bar washington square .... should be relatively safe in any of those .... just watch out for number 2's right hook in tilac bar !!! :D:D

Drank in the three i have put in bold many times....is tilac bar a regular bar then or a gogo bar? I have only walked down cowboy once before and i thought here was only one one or two regular bars on the whole soi.

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I think a lot of the anger will target the wealthy this year and to be honest the way the elite behave i can't say i blame the reds.. I don't like the red shirt movement but i have more animosity towards Bangkok elitism separating itself from the rest of the country... The money barely trickles out of the province.

Thailand has one of the most unequal distributions of wealth anywhere on the planet and the arrogance of Thailand's rich, towards the poor is evidently clear.. Nearly as much as the reds blinded love for one of the biggest culprits of elitism whose now dropping enough hints of who to lynch next.

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I think a lot of the anger will target the wealthy this year and to be honest the way the elite behave i can't say i blame the reds.. I don't like the red shirt movement but i have more animosity towards Bangkok elitism separating itself from the rest of the country... The money barely trickles out of the province.

Thailand has one of the most unequal distributions of wealth anywhere on the planet and the arrogance of Thailand's rich, towards the poor is evidently clear.. Nearly as much as the reds blinded love for one of the biggest culprits of elitism whose now dropping enough hints of who to lynch next.

Unfortunately, most of the rich in Thailand are Thaksin's cronies.

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Arrive early morning on Sunday 14th.

Seen reports of a possible public holiday and marches on the capital by the red shirts on the 12th....does anyone have any information?

As everyone else said, the effect when u already are in the city isn't too bad. But the chances of violence occuring is quite high. Not saying the red shirt ppl are violent but I am sure there are "others" who want some violent scenes on the news.

It was quite a horror to look at what happened last Songkran. I seriously not sure that's scarier for foreigners, the soldiers or the burning buses and gas tanks on the street!

My beau is arrive a day before u, so if the airport is closed, find him and u guys can hang out in there! :-P

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I think a lot of the anger will target the wealthy this year and to be honest the way the elite behave i can't say i blame the reds.. I don't like the red shirt movement but i have more animosity towards Bangkok elitism separating itself from the rest of the country... The money barely trickles out of the province.

Thailand has one of the most unequal distributions of wealth anywhere on the planet and the arrogance of Thailand's rich, towards the poor is evidently clear.. Nearly as much as the reds blinded love for one of the biggest culprits of elitism whose now dropping enough hints of who to lynch next.

Nicely put and I wholeheartedly agree.

If you tried to post something as balanced on ThaiVisa you'd be shot down by the most reactionary, blinkered, hang-'em-'red shirts'-high mob of bigots I have come across in an online forum.

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