the funny thing is, i had to go down to southern thailand again this week. i am covering for my good friend A (as her boyfriend N calls her on his blog) who is a tv correspondent for channel news asia. what was supposed to be a quiet two weeks was totally crazy. one word -- Nargis. will post about burma and the frustration of "reporting" on a story without any access to the country it involves soon, too.
this time i felt completely safe in the south because i was on a press trip and the Thai government and military were involved. so we had a convoy of soldiers escorting us (will post pictures soon!) and two machine guns on our bus (not kidding, and they were just sitting there on the dashboard). we stayed at the C.S. Pattani again, but because there was a roundtable discussion about creating peace in the south, there were scores of soldiers guarding the place. i even got to hang out in the outdoor cafe drinking pulled tea and eating roti again.
the trip was very interesting, and i got to ride in a blackhawk helicopter, which was... so freakin' cool i can't get over it. will post links to the stories once i've finished them!
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