Thaksin: Thai, Nicaraguan, European, what next?

Thaksin holds a Montenegro passport now, and he's bidding for an island there! The island he plans to buy is called Sveti Nikola Island near Budva. It's also known as "Hawaii" or "Školj" by the locals. He sees a potential to develop the island into a tourist destination.



Sveti Nikola Island (St Nicholas) is the biggest Montenegrian island, 2 km long, with the highest point of 121 m above sea level. It is connected with Budva with the stripe of land which surfaces during low water.



Off the beaten path? Thailand and Montenegro have just established diplomatic relations since late 2007. Neither country has had an embassy or consulate within the country. Thaksin is a smart man but how long before his exile ends and he gets thrown into a Thai jail? His English is horrible and there's no hope he'll ever pick up any of the European languages.

A famous fortune teller once predicted that Thaksin will live in exile one day and lose everything.



Thaksin Shinawatra never fails to amaze me.

Its Songkran and Thailand is in Turmoil

The Songkran festive holidays have just begun in Thailand. Songkran is the New Year of the Thais, a time of celebration and joy. The happiest time of the year where you can see more smiles on the faces of people than in any other part of the world.





But the political unrest in Thailand has heavily tarnished the image of Thailand in the eyes of the international community. Thailand is the ultimate loser. Thais are staring at one of the most heated political showdowns in modern history. Nobody knows what is going to happen next.

A State of Emergency has been declared in Bangkok and 5 other provinces including some districts in Nonthaburi, Samut Prakan, Pathum Thani, Nakhon Pathom and Ayutthaya.

Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva went on TV live today to explain the reasons behind the declaration of the state of emergency, to rush and solve the problems before the situation escalates.



The Red Shirts earlier stormed into the Interior Ministry and attacked a car believed to be transporting the PM out of the building.



Yesterday afternoon the Red-shirt protesters, supporters of fugitive ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra forced the closure of ASEAN Summit in Pattaya after several hundreds of them managed to storm past police and military barricades into the Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall at the Royal Cliff Beach Resort Hotel, the media centre of the Asean summit. Abhisit had to cancel the event and postpone it indefinitely, and declared Pattaya to be under State of Emergency.



The PM along with other foreign VIP delegates were quite shaken up as they were about to have lunch when the protesters arrived.

Abhisit last night called the red shirts public enemies for declaring a victory over the cancellation of the ASEAN Summit in Pattaya.