Even the always-open 7-Eleven
shops closed up at 10 p.m., not to reopen until 5 a.m.
Surasak Huasoon
While soldiers in Pattaya kept mostly out of view, local
establishments complied with the military’s overnight curfew order after the
May 22 coup.
Restaurants, entertainment establishments and even the always-open 7-Eleven
shops closed up at 10 p.m., not to reopen until 5 a.m.
Major shopping centers, too, along with cinemas, petrol stations and local
markets fell in line, leaving residents and the few tourists left in town
with nothing to do except go home, or back to their hotels to read a book,
as even television and radio stations were shut down.
