Current Situation - No political debate PLEASE

Being out in the sticks it would be nice to get updates as to the situation in Udon without the politics.

Are any of the major shopping centers open today, Tesco Makro Big C etc.

I'm hearing conflicting reports as to curfew hours. Are they actually being adhered to in Udon. Very slack in ban Dung.

Bandung_Dero wrote:Being out in the sticks it would be nice to get updates as to the situation in Udon without the politics.

Are any of the major shopping centers open today, Tesco Makro Big C etc.

I'm hearing conflicting reports as to curfew hours. Are they actually being adhered to in Udon. Very slack in ban Dung.

Carefour , New Tesco, Old Tesco was open yesterday and again today, post office and a few schools are also open, curfew hrs are being inforced especially on us falaangs, maybe for our own safety? might take up day time drinking if continues much longer

Any idea when the complex will reopen?

complex was open at 1300hrs

The complex is open today (Friday), as I just posted on another thread.

personally the biggest eye opener about the current situation, is how very useful blogs and forums like this, are !

Any news on new curfew times? although they were expected to finish this morning the post is saying that they are still in operation day by day.

pcdooee wrote:Any news on new curfew times? although they were expected to finish this morning the post is saying that they are still in operation day by day.

The government are going to make an official announcement this afternoon on TV. They are proposing to extend it for another two days , till 24th and make it 11pm until 4am.In all provinces .

The government are intending to extend the curfew for another seven days .

Went shopping at Tesco (old) yesterday and was surprised how quite it was, devoid of both Farang and Thai. There were more Farang shopping at Tool Pro! In 9+ years I've never seen it like that before.

Is it like that all over Udon?

Not being in Udon at this moment i'm curious, is there still a curfew or is that finished now?

jorg wrote:Not being in Udon at this moment i'm curious, is there still a curfew or is that finished now?

Finished for now.

On Friday there was another bombing in Bangkok. Several people injured. The government is quite concerned and think this problem will escalate. It is very sad that innocent people are getting hurt and killed like this. My gf was in Bangkok yesterday getting her visa and flying to Canada today. I told her stay off the streets as much as possible. Anyone could be hurt like this.

yup, two bombings and 4-6 weeks ago the Wile E. Coyote fruit cart bombing with the perpetrator looking like a burnt match.. Not to minmize these obviously terroristic bombings but Bangkok has years of bombings, grenade attacks, assassination attempts and other unsavory acts.. The people seem to forget them quite quickly.... Contrast these varous bombings with the steady non-stop violence in southern Thailand. Rarely a day goes by without something happening down there...