Red Hotel

When I stayed in Chiang Mai a week or so back I stayed in a Red owned hotel. The Red party people (pua thai-thai rak thai) are in a battle with the Yellow controlling party. Earlier this year 80 people many of them Reds died in street demonstrations in Bangkok.

Unwittingly I ended up staying in a Red political party member owned hotel. There were no meeting or demonstrations when I was there but it was still strange to see all the people wearing read. There were red shirts, red pants and red hats. The hotel had red cushions and red table cloths, a bar called the Red Line Bar, even the dog in the lobby had a read collar and red leash (wonder if he got along with dogs wearing yellow?).