tell me about it

In case you’re wondering: I am still going to Bangkok.

No, I’m not suicidal.  I’ve been monitoring the situation there and things seem to be settling down into a peaceful coup.

“The calm before the storm,” Bin tells me ominously.

I’m not being flippant about my life or anything, so don’t worry.  So far from reports and live blog coverages of the coup, things are just simmering a bit.  No bloodshed (yet?) and I’m hoping that things will continue to cool down.

I’ve paid for the unrefundable hotel and flight tickets so by gum I’m going to Thailand.  If I have to spend my entire time there reading and writing and watching TV in the hotel room, I’ll do it.  I’m not that loaded to waste money that way!

I would like to ask a favor though.  Does anyone have a digital camera I can borrow?  If things are relaxed enough for me to trawl through the streets, and it does appear that I will be able to, then I’d love to bring home some interesting pictures.  Isn’t every day I can live through a coup, and what more being in the country at the time.

My camera has gone AWOL.

Sob.