Safe travelling in The Far Northeast of Thailand.

I am really glad to say that living up here in Ubon Ratchathani is great. When i go out through the day or night i don't have to worry about a bomb exploding in the middle of no where and killing me or my girlfriend. What is going on in the south of Thailand?? I have seen the violence get worse and worse over the last few years and it makes me feel sick in the stomache that these terrorists are not attacking political targets who they have the grudges with, they are attacking everyday poor Thai workers. Day labourers, postal workers, marketstall holders and the list goes on and on. Just a little while back they put bombs in banks where people were taking their children in with them. These terrorists have no soul at all if they are thinking killing innocent kids is going to get their message across.

It makes me hate these people so much more, I don't get involved in Thai politics as it is too dangerous, you don't know who you might upset and what they might do if you do upset them.

For example with Thaksin Shinawatra The Ex Prime Minister. Do i think he was corrupt? yes!!
But if a Thai person asked me i would just say i didn't know as i didn't follow Thai politics. People here in Isan country loved him as he gave thge everyday Thai battler a lot of extras and they thought he was great. When ever i went to my girlfriends village i would never get involved in any political conversation with any of the men there (mostly because the guys were usually drunk and also i was scared i would say something wrong and upset them).

The goverment really has to get serious with this situation in the South of Thailand and if that means being extremely heavy handed then so be it. They are going to lose a lot of tourist in the near future with the bombings in Bangkok and people will start to worry about their safety and i don't blame them at all.

Thank god i don't have that worry here it is all good. Yes, there is crime and there is murder up here but nothing on the scale down South. I sleep at night safely knowing that someone isn't going to try break into my house or steal my motorbike (touch wood, not in the last 2 and a half years). Like i said it's great living up here.