Earlier this morning we learned major protests were going on in Bangkok and other parts of Thailand. The people want the current Prime Minister to resign. They believe he is more corrupt then the previous one. Thousands of protesters converged on the capital city and rushed tourist airports breaking windows, security screening areas and disrupting flights. The airports of Phuket, Karabi are shut down indefinitely. Several of my fellow yoga students were heading to Phuket have now had to change their plans.
We did see a parade of protesters in a scooter motorcade at our departure port. About a hundred of them rode in peacefully, most wearing yellow shirts with the picture of the Thai King. Thankfully, after a 30 minute delay we were able to take the ferry from the island of Koh Phangan to Koh Samui where I caught my flight to Bangkok without any mishaps.
