First of all I want to calm down some people that has written me, the situation in general here in Thailand is of normality, apart from the fact that the two airports of Bangkok have been taken over by the government opponents. The terrorists attacks with hundreds of victims that are on the news have happened in India, here there have been some incidents with the demonstrators but nothing so bad.

Anyway many flights have been canceled, including the one that was supposed to take me yesterday to Siem Reap (Cambodia) from Chiang Mai, where I am now. It was a direct flight, so it didn’t have to stop in Bangkok, but it seems that the plane is “trapped” in Bangkok, or at least that’s what I’ve understood from the explanations they’ve given me.

All this has forced me to change a little bit my trip plans. Yesterday I took a night bus to Bangkok, where I am now, and I’ll spend here one day and tomorrow (Saturday) I’ll continue to Siem Reap with another bus. I will lose almost two days with this change, but at least I’ll try to do a couple of things in Bangkok that I couldn’t do last week, specially visiting the royal palace.

That’s all, this is just a little annoying but nothing to worry about, at least so far. The people here seems to be more tired than worried about the situation, and there seem to be no reason to be alarmed. I’ll inform you if there is any further change to the situation.