The Redcoats Have Taken Over Downtown Chiang Mai

[Ulysses G.]

The Thapae Gate area is being blockaded by a good number of reds and traffic can't get by.

They have issued a staement that they will not move until the reds in Bangkok do.

[Ajarn]

The Redcoats have NOT taken over dowtown, but the have taken over Thapae Gate area..

[IanForbes]

Where are all the gays in their pink outfits in times like these?

I gotta organize a BLUES rally when I get back.

[Loaded]

There's gonna be a lot of angry people.

How are people going to get to Mike's, Paradise Pizza, Miguels, Maddog?

What about during songran? If they have blocked that junction, the traditional drive round will be severely affected.

Edited April 10, 2009 by Loaded

[john b good]

The Thapae Gate area is being blockaded by a good number of reds and traffic can't get by.

They have issued a statement that they will not move until the reds in Bangkok do.

Looks like I got my books changed at around 11.00 this morning (at Gecko!, last soi on right before Thapae Gate "where else") just in the nick of time before they shut everything down.

I would have been stuffed if I didn't have my reading material organised before Songkran

[eldar1]

"The Redcoats Have Taken Over Downtown Chiang Mai, streets blocked"

The English colonial army has taken over Chaing Mai !????

sorry i just could not resist

[elektrified]

"The Redcoats Have Taken Over Downtown Chiang Mai, streets blocked"

The English colonial army has taken over Chaing Mai !????

sorry i just could not resist

Can't help but notice what a lovely avatar! Sorry I just could not resist.

[tigerbeer]

looks like a perfect time to go set up a table and sell bottles of water or beer, Souvenirs, Red Shirts. Pizza and perhaps some used books

[tigerbeer]

"The Redcoats Have Taken Over Downtown Chiang Mai, streets blocked"

The English colonial army has taken over Chaing Mai !????

sorry i just could not resist

Can't help but notice what a lovely avatar! Sorry I just could not resist.

Does she (in the avatar) only do that or can she do more???

[mild7even]

The Thapae Gate area is being blockaded by a good number of reds and traffic can't get by.

They have issued a staement that they will not move until the reds in Bangkok do.

Was there just minutes ago and managed to make it through the tuk-tuk barricade on my motorcycle, but looks like traffic was getting backed up. Not sure if you could make it through now.

And of course the BIB were just down the road taking a load off, and of course the farang at Black Canyon were taking pics and elated to be a part of the action. A young girl just before the gate was getting her water pistol primed. All essential parts of being in Thailand.

A red shirt was taking a photo of the barricade with the digital camera (no doubt to be uploaded to the web and distro'd via twitter), and masked red shirts were patrolling up and down the moat. They seem somewhat organized, eh?

[elektrified]

I got caught up in the red coat procession yesterday around 15:00 as I turned on to Sapan Nawarat. Unfortunately they took the same route as I needed to go. It was not so bad though. The police were escorting them to hurry them along so that the traffic didn't get too congested.

[mojo80]

A Thought...........

Water cannons! They can use songkran as an excuse!

Im sure that will clear them out!

[john b good]

"The Redcoats Have Taken Over Downtown Chiang Mai, streets blocked"

The English colonial army has taken over Chaing Mai !????

sorry i just could not resist

Can't help but notice what a lovely avatar! Sorry I just could not resist.

Yes eldar1. Would you please PM me with her telephone number

[elektrified]

"The Redcoats Have Taken Over Downtown Chiang Mai, streets blocked"

The English colonial army has taken over Chaing Mai !????

sorry i just could not resist

Can't help but notice what a lovely avatar! Sorry I just could not resist.

Yes eldar1. Would you please PM me with her telephone number

While you're at it, please PM me with her number too!

[realthaideal]

Yuck! This is dumb. It's just gonna mess things up for all the fun that's supposed to be around the corner, and any last minute business plans any of us have b4 the craziness starts. What a bummer this back-and-forth with its zeal for disrupting everyday life!

[Ulysses G.]

The police have blockades up on Thapae Road somewhere near the Night Bazzar (it looks like) and Chiang Moi road at the moat to keep anyone from entering those areas.

Edited April 10, 2009 by Ulysses G.

[eldar1]

"The Redcoats Have Taken Over Downtown Chiang Mai, streets blocked"

The English colonial army has taken over Chaing Mai !????

sorry i just could not resist

Can't help but notice what a lovely avatar! Sorry I just could not resist.

Does she (in the avatar) only do that or can she do more???

I'm afraid it's all she does and she has a phobia for phones, that's my story and i'm sticking too it

[FarangCravings]

"The Redcoats Have Taken Over Downtown Chiang Mai, streets blocked"

The English colonial army has taken over Chaing Mai !????

sorry i just could not resist

Can't help but notice what a lovely avatar! Sorry I just could not resist.

Yes eldar1. Would you please PM me with her telephone number

While you're at it, please PM me with her number too!

She's about 10 years old you pedo's

[mojo80]

im sure they will at least wait till school's out!

[tigerbeer]

the regular non red shirts would overwhelm them with their water pistols and beer Chang. there is no stopping them.

[StevieH]

The police have blockades up on Thapae Road somewhere near the Night Bazzar (it looks like) and Chiang Moi road at the moat to keep anyone from entering those areas.

it's about halfway down tha pae road just before the big watch shop. i didn't see any red shirts anywhere though, just lots of BIB blocking off roads and redirecting traffic.

[Ulysses G.]

Plenty of Redcoats at the Gate, but no Yellowjackets (I had to change out of my bright yellow shirt).

[WinnieTheKhwai]

Interesting.. No matter what though I need to get to the bars tonight.. Think I'll go through the old town entering near Suan Dok gate.

Edited April 10, 2009 by WinnieTheKhwai

[ovenman]

Yuck! This is dumb. It's just gonna mess things up for all the fun that's supposed to be around the corner, and any last minute business plans any of us have b4 the craziness starts. What a bummer this back-and-forth with its zeal for disrupting everyday life!

Yup. We certainly wouldn't want this icky political stuff messing up the important things in life like the big annual water fight.

[PeaceBlondie]

So, are these the Rak 51 Chiang Mai red shirts who kill innocent old yellow shirt radio station owners, or are these the Rak 51 Chiang Mai red shirts who threaten violence against gays?

[WinnieTheKhwai]

There you go again.

[cmsally]

They have closed off Tapae Rd and around Tapae Gate. Not a lot of traffic on the moat around there too, not sure if inner moat rd. closed.

It's been announced on local radio that this would happen since this morning. They even said time would be 1pm, so it is organised; apparently by songtaew and tuk tuk drivers.

Policemen are all gathered under a shady tree, all provided with bottles of water.

[StevieH]

tha pae gate and the area around starbucks was closed off to traffic last songkran regardless wasn't it?

[harrry]

The police have blockades up on Thapae Road somewhere near the Night Bazzar (it looks like) and Chiang Moi road at the moat to keep anyone from entering those areas.

So Thapae is a no entry area. Better tell the ladyboys.

[WinnieTheKhwai]

So Thapae is a no entry area. Better tell the ladyboys.

There's gotta be a joke in there but can't quite make it work..