Well this is all getting rather um, “interesting”.

Sep 19 10:27:13PM Martin: check thailand news
Sep 19 10:27:15PM Martin: i think summit bigs happened

The BBC is reporting an apparent military coup here in Bangkok. And typically, having been out and about in Bangkok all day, the first I heard about it was online, via the Western media.

Every Thai TV station seems to be showing stock footage of the King, set to “patriotic” music. There has been what looked like an address to the people by an official-looking chap repeated a few times, but I have no idea who he is or what he was saying. Everybody at the street restaurant where I saw it either spoke English or Thai; nobody spoke enough of both languages to be able tell me in English what the message was.

Tanks are, apparently, surrounding the government buildings (a few miles from here), I haven’t seen a single thing on the street to suggest any kind of crisis. Shops and restaurants here are open as usual – even the seedy massage parlour next door still had the neon lights on.

There has been no violence yet that I’m aware of, long may this remain the case.

To sum up, I’m fine and so is everyone I’ve spoken to here. Let’s just hope this is over quickly and peacefully.

[Edit: Martin has posted his piece here]