Thai army imposes night-time curfew across country

[jimbeam1]

the last coup the military did not close all tv chanels,,,,,today it is done at 20.42 pm

something is smelling bad here

Good Thai TV tonight then.

It's got the g/f up having a good spring clean.

jb1

[ronthai]

How soon before the Internet goes down?

when you can not read or post here anymore

[SunsetT]

The Army are real pouplar with my young lady...........why on earth would they not allow TV stations to air soaps?

Thousands if not millions now stay at home looking at 4 walls............

................Baby Boom in 9 months!

[nitehawk56]

That would be so good, Have extra beds for those who loose track of time

I mean how does that even work now?

if you don't leave the bar by 10 then you will be forced to stay in said bar until 5....the hardship of it all.

[yougivemebaby]

How soon before the Internet goes down?

More than one Thai person I know seems to think it will be cut off around 2200. I HOPE NOT!

[MMarlow]

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And what about late international flights?

Taxis to and from the airport will be fine.

Yes, sure, you think the curfew doesn't apply to taxis?

[uptheos]

So, if you are in your favourite gogo at 10pm you can't go home until 5am? Better have lots of cash with you.

Now that's what I call a glass half full.

[tekNique]

My girlfriend say the army and the yellow shirts are the same..is this true?

[FangFerang]

According to Aussie media, the military banned groups of more than five. That means half of all Thai families have to leave either grandma or grandpa at home now.

[sawadee1947]

Please stand by. Thailand has temporarily lost its sanity....

...lost it's marbles...!

[Maroon Watcher]

... so let's all go to Pattaya and have a (bar) counter coup!!

They certainly need it there - I went a few weeks ago, and there were many empty bar stools

at the side of many young ladies...

[bigbamboo]

Please stand by. Thailand has temporarily lost its sanity....

...lost it's marbles...!

No, that's Greece.

[jimbeam1]

Hello

Does this apply in Samui? How to know?

I cannot remember if there was a curfew last time, in 2006, but at that time business as normal all over Samui...

No there wasn't. I was there when the news broke.

I might have spoken out of turn there. What I should have said, is if there was I didn't hear of it.

jb1

Edited May 22, 2014 by jimbeam1

[marylin manson]

USDTHB:CUR
USDTHB Spot Exchange Rate - Price of 1 USD in THB
32.5500

nothing dramatic happening on that front

Edited May 22, 2014 by marylin manson

[Alwyn]

Hi everyone. I have been viewing Thai Visa for a few years now but am new to posting comments, so hello to everyone

My name is Jay and have been living in Thailand for 3 years now.

I am quite ignorant to how this works, in terms of the army taking control. Who controls the army? I always believed that a governent decides what the army can do, so how can the army seize power of government? Who gives them permission?

Cheers

Jay, that's why it's called a military coup, the military has taken over the government. They will either install a puppet government of organize an election but it will take a while.

[Vinny1967]

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And what about late international flights?

Taxis to and from the airport will be fine.

Yes, sure, you think the curfew doesn't apply to taxis?

The army have said that taxi's are allowed bring tourists to the airport.

[Thaiready]

probably won't apply to some tourists areas, can't imagine all of them sitting in their hotel drinking beer and watching TV. They can do that back in their falang country.

what TV..???

[marylin manson]

The current time and date right now in Thailand is
9:01 PM

still here

[klauskunkel]

My girlfriend say the army and the yellow shirts are the same..is this true?

no, the army are the olive shirts

[marcusd]

The internet will be shut down here at 9pm.

The reason for all this has got to be that someone has died. Need I say more

My Embassy told me not to come to bangkok and it was NOT because of the army.

[Kerryd]

I held a combat rifle for 22 years. During that time I never liked liked civilians much.

Yeah, we all hated those "long haired, pot-smoking, tree-hugging hippy civvies" as well (until we retired, let our hair grow and realized trees weren't that bad after all) ! What really sucked was retiring to take a job as a civvy in Afghanistan and less than a week after turning in my uniform having some wet-behind-the-ears punk with less than a year in give me grief because I was a civvy !

All going well, a month from now most (non-Thai) people won't even remember there was a coup, especially if the curfew is lifted soon (or not applied to the "tourist" areas). It'll be business as per normal within a very short time and a whole lot of panic over nothing (fingers crossed), just like last time.

[Oldtimer61]

I planed to go up-country early morning 3 a.m. does that mean I can't go?

anyone knows?

[Guitar God]

Big-C and Tesco were closed before 20:30 in Ubon, even the 7-11's are closing up shop early. I expected them to be open until 21:00, but I was wrong.

[JAFO]

Man some of the posts from folks in this thread specifically are absolutely hilarious. Typical westerner reaction, they always lose their minds. They think the world is coming to an end, never go home, planes stop flying, food get consumed, they might starve, be stuck, killed, robbed, executed.MWAHAHA. Keep the craziness going, I am LMFAO.....This is good stuff.

YOU'RE ALL GOING TO DIE.......

[FangFerang]

us denied he was there.

Probably true but if he was they would deny it anyway.

They are not staffed with Marines

We will see what tomorrow brings

What are you implying (which is an imp lying)?

[straycat911]

Army man on tv said all schools closed from may 23 to 25

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[Bkkbound]

And the schools are closed till monday....

[tekNique]

Girlfriend say TV say close school date 22-25 I chatting with her on internet

Edited May 22, 2014 by tekNique

[MMarlow]

I have plans for 8pm tonight for some dinner with friends, do we really all have to be home before 10?

If you have a previously arranged dinner engagement the military will allow you to go ahead with it of course. It's a bloody curfew, who do you think will be preparing your dinner and serving it?

[CaptainPeacock]

...oh boy this has come at a PERFECT Time... [NOT]

Haven't had a LATE Night out for ages...

Arranged a night out in cowboy for tonight as a friend from UK just arrived 2 days ago...what a BUMMER