Since the outbreak of Violence in Bangkok which is now over governments are now starting to lower their warnings on travel to Thailand The UK office lowered their warning on June 3rd in respect that the violence in Bangkok has now ceased.

Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Friday that order has been restored in Bangkok and the nation's provinces, after an offensive to shut down anti-government protests.

"We have restored order in the capital of Bangkok and the provinces of Thailand," Abhisit said in a nationally televised address, but said there was much work to be done to bring about reconciliation.

"We will continue to swiftly restore normalcy and we recognise that as we move ahead there are huge challenges ahead of us, particularly the challenge of overcoming the divisions that have occurred in this country," he said.

After a bad 24 hours of trouble on the streets of Bangkok it seems that the trouble has changed from boiling point to a quiet simmer.  Late in the day the Red Shirt gave the impression of holding out an olive branch to the Royal Thai Army and we certainly hope their words are genuine and the Government at least give them a chance to stand by their statements.

We would like to re-iterate from previous updates that the situation is only confined to a relatively small area of Bangkok and has not affected any region we tour including Chiang Mai city, Mae Hong Son province and The Golden Triangle with no danger to tourists visiting these areas.   Suavarnabhumi Airport (Bangkok) is situated a long way outside of Downtown Bangkok and the airport is operating as normal. 

If you are travelling to Chiang Mai by air we advise to avoid travel outside of the confines of Suavarnabhumi airport and transfer direct to Chiang Mai airport by one of the 16 flights a day serviced by Thai Airways, Nok Air, Bangkok Airways, Airasia or One Two Go.

Our tours are still operating as normal however we will update you on any new happenings and should the situation change for the worse and affect the Northern regions to a degree that would be a danger to us or our customers we will post details on our homepage.  Updated 03:17 18/05/10

The recent unrest in Thailand has escalated today and all of us here in Thailand are hoping this is the final push to settle the current occupation of central Bangkok by the 'Red Shirt' supporters.

We would like to re-iterate from previous updates that the situation is only confined to a relatively small area of Bangkok and has not affected any region we tour including Chiang Mai city, Mae Hong Son province and The Golden Triangle with no danger to tourists visiting these areas.   Suvarnabhumi Airport (Bangkok) is situated a long way outside of Downtown Bangkok and the airport is operating as normal. 

If you are travelling to Chiang Mai by air we advise you to avoid travel outside of the confines of Suvarnabhumi airport and transfer direct to Chiang Mai airport by one of the 16 flights serviced by Thai Airways, Nok Air, Bangkok Airways, Airasia or One Two Go.

Life here in the north carries on as normal with the most annoying factor being the current heatwave we are being subjected to at present without a single drop of rain for months.

With Thailand making the news again with the recent 'Red Shirt' protests we thought we would offer some feedback to travelers considering taking a motorbike Tour or general tour/holiday in the North from the front line...

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Thai new year is about to start and with comes a lot of water though not from the skies.  April 13th 2010 in the Thai calendar is the year 2553 (543 years ahead of the Gregorian calendar) marking the 2553 since the lord Buddha found Nirvana.  The biggest event in the Thai calendar when almost every business will close for up to 10 days to celebrate.

10th April 2010 and the hot season is well and truly underway.  The mercury hit our office at 102 degrees in the shade today and it's expected to get even hotter.  Despite all of us here at Motorbike Thailand love riding, tomorrow we are taking a short 300 kilometer trip and  not looking forward to it...Riding in this temperature is no fun for anyone hence the reason we never run tours in March and April.