…awesome. My brother sent me a link to a set of photos posted by BBC and the best one is this one. I swear he could be a cousin of mine. If my brother and I were there we’d be posing for the same photo. I’m just amazed at how peaceful this take down has been so far. I suppose there’s something to be said for the “buffer state” or “land of smiles”. What’s funny is the the U.S. is “disappointed” in the coup. I’m sure some Americans would love to do the same for our dear president.

If you don’t know what happened, here’s the low down: The Thai Prime Minister, notorious for using a buzzer to shut down “unproductive” questions during press conferences, has been forced out of office. This guy has pretty much squandered the Thai people’s money and did some pretty shady things. Well, under the “approval” the King (who the people LOVE), the Thai army went in and pretty much kicked the PM out.

Tanks and dudes dressed in military gear filled the streets and the Thais decided to come out and celebrate by decorating the tanks with flowers and ribbons and offering food to the soldiers on duty. It’s too bad this didn’t happen last January when we were there…that could have been me in one of these photos.