Airport issues
November 27, 2008 by nopstar
Hey My Muay Thai Peeps… so I’m not sure if any of you’ve been following the news at all. So the quick recap anti-government protesters want the current PM out. They think he’s a puppet for the ousted PM Thaksin.
Well if you’re heading to Thailand and plan on kicking it out there for a while fine… if you plan on just going to the beach for a week I might consider alternate plans.
I’m actually pretty concerned; I think Thailand could headed for civil war. I hope not, but there doesn’t seem to be an end in sight. I don’t see the government caving in and I don’t see the protestors packing it in.
thats fucking insane. HAHAHAHAH those white people got rocked.
Well if you are going to Thailand anytime soon, you may want to change your arrival destination to Phuket and take first class buss or train to your final destination.
tobias1-
Good call.
Im meant to be flying to BKK tonight, flights been cancelled until further notice.As you can all imagine im gutted.I selfishly hope it doesnt last to much longer!!
2nd airport is shut down.
this doesn’t look good, im flying to BKK the first of January :(
I kinda feel bad.
My flight was one of the last flights out of Thailand.
…sorry for all that got stuck (except for the cranky dude in the video that doesn’t know much about the politics).
my flight arrives in Bkk on the 19th Dec,
Im flightin via Mumbai.
any info would be helpfull.
H
Yeah I am supposed to be landing in BKK 19th of decmber aswell ! Fuckin bummer my Thai trainer has spoke to some of his friends in BKK they think it will be open on saturday fingers crossed , I dont mind getting stranded when Im there tho !
Yeah, as tobias1 said, Phuket sounds like a good option if you’ve got it, I haven’t heard any plans to close the airport here.
H: jeez you’re stopping at mumbai first? lets hope it’s resolved by then, from what I’ve seen on the news, I wouldn’t want to be stranded there either ;)
I reckon at least another 4-5 days on this one… I think the protesters are there for the log haul, unless the police/army force them out (which will get VERY messy) we could see it going on for a week or more…
Since Thailand’s reform of the absolute monarchy there have been at least 17 different constitutions and charters. I’d say that’s pretty fucking indicative of their politlcal instability.
A coup is likely, PM Somchai will be overthrown, an interim government will be put in place, elections will be held again, and a new constitution may or not be drafted. Then someone will probably still be unhappy and repeat…
Hopefully this will all blow over soon with little or no more violence.
the army, as always, will step in, if for no other reason than they don’t want the golden goose killed…thailand relies so much on the tourist dollar. reminds me of mexico and jamaica, when there’s political trouble, the first place the army goes is to the tourist spots…the farang interviewed were idiots..
God dammit I hate the PAD. Don’t they know how much this will damage the tourism industry? How the hell am I supposed to visit my relatives in Thailand if the PAD are going to do shit like this?
Cowpaste- What else could the PAD do to get the awareness they wanted? have a big picnic? lol
There is no way all the countries with tourist in Thailand mainly US and Europe will not intervene if the shit cracks off, they are just hoping to leave it as an Internal Matter within Thailand for now. Anyhow I heard they would be gone before tuesday. If you have some family in the army or police you should become very friendly and close(strictly platonic). Hang out with them more hahaha salaam..
I dont think that you can get a direct flight to Phucket from london does anyone know ? Last time I flew from heathrow to BKK then took an internal flight to Phuket, but if the fuckers are still in Suvarnabumi its not an option. I also read on Reauters today that its going to take them a week to get the airoprts open again after they leave as they have to sort out IT and security !
The flight from Heathrow will not be direct. You will fly to Singapore most likely and take another fight from there to Phuket. It’s about about 45 minutes from Singapore so not bad at all.
The Constitution court has outlawed the PPP and banned Somchai from Politics for 5 years.
Suvarnabhumi is said to be open in two weeks
http://www.bangkokpost.com
The airport is open before tuesday like I said. It’s over.
brownhornet
LOL thats exactly what I was thinking… what an Idiot!
But I am very disappointed about your comments about the PAD. Guys, do some damn research before you write stuff! The government is corrupt… extremely corrupt. Closing the airport was the best decision the PAD did… it made everything go alot quicker. I am NOT Thai but I do care about developing countries politics but obviously all these stupid ass farangs that go to Thailand to get prostitutes or lay out on the beach don’t give a crap about what the Thais have to go through with such massive governmental corruption. Don’t just sit your ass in the aiport but try to make the best of it.
Anyway I am arriving in Bangkok on December 18th. Everyone has tried to convince me not to go but as soon as my finals are over, I am packing up my shit and going. I suggest everyone to do that same if they can LOL…
oh another note, please remember what happened in the 1976 Thamassat Massacre… obviously not enough people know about it so I will explain a bit. So the short story is: some protestors were hung, university students staged a play about the hanging (October 4th) , some newspapers took pictures, rightist paramilitary groups were ready at the gates of Thamassat (October 5th),October 6th the groups began firing into the university using military weapons although the students pleaded for a ceasefire but the police chief authroized to free fire.
Pretty fucked up, eh? just a proof of a major necessity to reorganize Thai politics
‘I’: Definitely agree with you on most of your points, but lets see how much change really comes from this. Political progress and change is usually slow, especially in a country like thailand were corruption is embedded within the society (from top to bottom).
The courts have ruled that the leaders of the PPP are out… but most of their MPs keep their seats, So we’ll have to see how effective this result has been. One thing is clear though, for once the people have been able to make themselves heard and this is a great victory in itself. It may make the next government think twice before trying to bleed the country dry…
It’s a step in the right direction.
I and natb19 – Yeah man, well said!!
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How ignorant was the first guy interviewed? I’m sure the protest isn’t “cockimaimy” to the thais! People like him are the reason most of the world hates americans.
I wish americans could do things like this. Can you imagine what america would be like if the people wold get together and demand politicians step down?