Other news - Joe and I are looking into going to Tokyo for a week in April. We have a good friend that lives there and he departs this summer to return to the US. We want to visit him before we lose our free place to stay! We had a great plan for our R&R trip in June to Europe with lots of stops but we are going to rethink all our running around now and maybe not make as many stops - gotta work on that this weekend and get it all scheduled.
Apparently the protestors arrive today - some 10,000 trucks piling into the city with them all. This will be interesting. Joe called from the train on the way into work and said there are at least 50 officers posted at an intersection near the park as that is one of the demonstration sites and they seem to be setting up there. A friend mentioned that there were officers posted at her train stop near where she lives. Joe says all else seems peaceful and calm outside and is just like any other day in Bangkok. Perhaps this won't be as bad as everyone is expecting?
Time will tell but I am still hunkered down at home staying away from all the activity!