{"id":694,"date":"2014-05-25T13:29:46","date_gmt":"2014-05-25T13:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.trainingelite.com\/?p=694"},"modified":"2014-06-02T08:30:28","modified_gmt":"2014-06-02T08:30:28","slug":"day-22-out-and-about-impact-of-the-coup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wordpress.trainingelite.com\/?p=694","title":{"rendered":"Day 22 &#8211; Out and About &#8211; Impact of the coup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We still have a curfew although I don&#8217;t know how heavy handed they are at enforcing that, there still appears to be traffic around well after the 22:00 (10PM) deadline.\u00a0 I am told today is the last day of the curfew. The weekend appears to have gone off without a hitch, there were supposed to be protests in the city but they were a bit of a fizzle (or so we are told) some yelling and screaming but not too much excitement. Interestingly there the local media reported 100 at a protest yesterday whereas the Australian media reported 200.\u00a0 Still a small number but a 100% difference.\u00a0 Things are closing as close to the time they can to enable their staff to get home (usually 21:00 instead of the 20:00 on the first night). 7-11&#8217;s seem to have a lot of tourists in just before closing getting beer etc but there is plenty to go around now.\u00a0 There is still &#8216;security&#8217; at the university but these guys do little more than more the barrier just before the car arrives so it doesn&#8217;t have to slow down too much<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_654\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-654\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.trainingelite.com\/uploads\/\/P5230152.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-654 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.trainingelite.com\/uploads\/\/P5230152-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wordpress.trainingelite.com\/uploads\/P5230152-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/wordpress.trainingelite.com\/uploads\/P5230152-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-654\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click on image for a full size version<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There was one difference.\u00a0 Uni and schools have closed as a byproduct.\u00a0 The markets around the university are empty.\u00a0 this one below is usually full of people.\u00a0 As you can see (at lunch time).\u00a0 Not exactly pumping.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_655\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-655\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.trainingelite.com\/uploads\/\/P5230153.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-655 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.trainingelite.com\/uploads\/\/P5230153-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wordpress.trainingelite.com\/uploads\/P5230153-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/wordpress.trainingelite.com\/uploads\/P5230153-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-655\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click on image for a full size version<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We still have a curfew although I don&#8217;t know how heavy handed they are at enforcing that, there still appears to be traffic around well after the 22:00 (10PM) deadline.\u00a0 I am told today is the last day of the curfew. 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