Military Coup

Crazy! Sometime in the middle of the night tanks began rolling into downtown Bangkok and seized government offices and television stations. The prime minister, who is apparently highly controversial, is in New York right now at the UN and it looks like he won't be coming back. There's been a media blackout and they've declared today a national holiday so none of schools or government offices are open.

I'm way far north in the country so the first I heard of it when I called my parents to say hi and they told me; I haven't seen any troops yet. Rather ironic really that I'm here and I have to find out by calling halfway around the world.

Anyway, I'd write more but my hand is kind of hurting this morning. I'm goind to start a week-long meditation retreat tommorrow at the monastery so if I don't post anything it doesn't mean I've been killed in large-scale rioting.
Cheers. Love.... E