A walk around Bangkok presents many images and curiosities. Whilst most of these images evoke mere intrigue about the city, the images of children and adults begging for money are somewhat more striking and provoking.

The people of Thailand appear to have dealt with Tuesday night’s military coup as if it were just another day at the office. Indeed, the last coup of this sort was just 15 years ago. Walking through the streets of Bangkok the initial air of panic has evaporated and been replaced with a peculiar, almost jovial atmosphere.

It has been an eventful, mad rush of a few days. At the time of writing, the much talked about military coup is but 24 hours old. This has truly been the most exciting and interesting time of The Lost Boy’s stay in the Land of Smiles. With hindsight, most people have been saying that the coup did not come …

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