Well, this morning we found out that the airport has been shut down due to a takeover by a political dissident group. We were under the impression that it lasted for a few hours, and then it was over.
Apparently, we were wrong.
The airport has been shut down, indefinitely, until the government figures out what to do about the thousands of protesters who have taken over the airport. The protesters have food, bedding, and are prepared to stick it out for the long haul. They want the prime minister to step down as they think he is the puppet for a previously elected, newly-jailed-due-to-corruption individual.
The airport will not be flying anyone out. It is unclear when we will be able to leave, as even if they open the airport now (Wednesday evening), the people who have rescheduled flights will have to fly out, too. We are supposed to leave Friday afternoon.
For more information, google "thailand airport crisis."
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That sucks! What are you guys going to do? Does Matthew have to be back at work? Do they know about your situation? Do you have access to money so that you'll be able to get by until the political turmoil clears up? Oh, man, I hope you guys are okay.
We are waiting to see what happens - it turns out that there are 5 free hotels to get people through this, so we will transfer to one of those if our flight gets canceled. There is the possibility that our flight will go on and the airport will open up. Though, the second (closed, but reopened to have flights diverted) airport has now been taken over as well.
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