Hard to think we were in Bangkok only a couple of weeks ago. I've never been through a military coup so that would have been a new experience.

We were thinking next time we fly home we would book the same route - stay a night in a five star hotel in Bangkok because it is cheap, the hotels are fantastic and it's exactly half way so you arrive feeling a bit fresher. But maybe those plans will be on hold for a while. But if we were still there we would be confined to the hotel - which, when you look at the pics from rooftop pool, is not the worst drama ever.


Meantime, not to be glib about it, the junta has rounded up members of the previous government, dissolved the parliament and banned political parties. These are not precisely the actions most likely to convince anyone there will be a speedy return to democracy.