U-Tapao - Only out here just to go home. They are exhausted, ill and homesick insecure. Thousands of tourists gather at the military U-Tapao Airport, about 150 kilometers southeast of Bangkok. The tropical sun beats down mercilessly. Fortunately distribute the helpers of the Red Cross free drinking water: Not that anyone so close to the last stage here dehydrated.
The volunteers have every reason to worry. Especially the elderly are the strains of the past days, the uncertainty of when they return home can be. Some are barely after arrival at the departure terminal overtired on their plastic seats zusammengesackt. Others look disoriented in the area around.
Approximately 50 machines currently leave this airport daily. Around the clock cart coaches and more people approached. Waved signs are: Hong Kong, Dusseldorf. Besides lead young Thai dancers in colorful folk costumes on. Thailand is a hospitable country. The chaos that currently by government opponents, including the international airport, Suvarnabhumi occupied, is served, shocked the Southeast Asian monarchy, the so dependent on tourists and so proud of is their gentleness.
Hardly anyone can appreciate the economic damage, hardly anyone long-term consequences. Up to 300,000 tourists are currently stuck in the country. Will the anxious people who are here at the airport unloaded army will come back?
Photo: DPAVideo: Reuters Many have durchwacht last night. Some are already four clock early on shaky legs, bus transfers have long hours behind. Many still do not know whether they are taken or whether they will be rejected again - as so often in the past few days.
Many want to join Santa Claus in their loved ones in the European cold December in the latest Christmas. But now they do not even know whether they create it until New Year's Eve. For people with travel insurance and international health protection is what is currently playing in their dreamland, only one nightmare.
"And this country I have so much money donated, as the tsunami was here," railed an elderly lady from Germany, "I will never again go here. It is terrible." Only slowly dawning on most, where they landed here really are. In a country that is of serious internal Zerwürfnissen is plagued, in which chaos reigns these days and almost as something like anarchy, in which the violence monopoly of the state seems to have verflüchtigt.
Thailand is in the hands of political predators like after the power-seeking and when they first have to want to abolish democracy. This can no longer weglächeln.
Teuton between dream and trouble
This disturbing Thailand currently competes with the other, the lovable Buddha country with a beach, where cheap food and are willing girl whose exotic trigger call Trekker like Necker men follow. You can find potato chips in Thailand with sausage flavor ( "Germa Sausäge"), a beer brand, the "monastery" is, and the German newspaper "tip" that they are always up to date holds: "Airport - Terror in Thailand!" This is the Thailand of the Teuton dream - a dream that here every year, around 500,000 German sun-seekers looking to achieve.
In the capital, Bangkok, with its 6.3 million inhabitants aggravated the situation further at present. Although a few dozen machines were now empty Suvarnabhumi leave. Nevertheless, increases the nervousness. To their presence on the two since a brief week to strengthen airports, the opposition "People's Alliance for Democracy urged their followers, the barricades around the" Government House ", which since 26 August is busy, to leave and to the airports to march.
At the same time denounce government trailers on a train to the Supreme Court. The judges should judge on Tuesday about whether the ruling People's Power party guilty of buying votes and therefore must be dissolved. For this case would have already prepared a successor party. The fight then went to Bangkok in another round.
No trace of the promised compensation
Most stranded, now here at the U-Tapao military airport on their return home to wait still bear their fate with text. 14 days spent in Munich system programmer Rupert Wenzel, 40, in Najomtien, near Pattaya. He raves of "a real adventure holiday", which he shared with his girlfriend could enjoy, and both want to come back.
From the riots, they have only learned through the Internet in the hotel everything remained peaceful. Actually, the two already on Sunday to fly to Munich, instead, it probably will on Monday go to Dusseldorf. But so bad is now again not - the extra night has nevertheless "the tour operator ITS easily paid for."
Wenzel is like the most. You do the Thais suffering caused by the political turmoil damage. "The ordinary people can be nothing but for the situation," says Harald Stitzung from Kiel. Stitzung and his wife are now with Air Berlin suspect. First, it goes to Dusseldorf, then they must somehow penetrate to Hamburg, where their cars parked. Then it goes further into meerumschlungene Schleswig-Holstein.
Only converted from the 44 euro daily rate, the Thai Foreign tourists as compensation has promised to nobody in U-Tapao so far only seen a single cent.
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