In late 2008, Frances and I decided to take our three girls on a holiday to Thailand, including a visit to Frances’ cousin Peter in Jomtien which is just south of Pattya City and about 150 km south of Bangkok.At the time, there was conflict between the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD - yellow shirts) and the People's Power Party (PPP - red shirts).
We had heard the main political problems were in Bangkok, so we decided to proceed with the trip.
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