bomb in asia

Just healed bomb has gone off in bangkok killing at least12. Doing this cruise in November worried.

Don't be....they'll have cleared it all away by then :)

My immediate concern would be for the people involved.:(

Thing happen.

There was the bombing in Boston.

One never knows what may happen when they travel or in their day to day lives.

My thoughts go out to those who died, and injured and to their loved one.

Keith

Erawan Shrine - 1 block from Grand Hyatt and Renaissance Ratchaprasong Hotels, very busy area. very sad.

It is very sad indeed, but the way of the world today. I am much more concerned about the people hurt, killed and living there, than I would be about a cruise coming up in November.

In the area offices will be closed today and the police is investigating

I have a cousin there now. He said he thought it was loud thunder. Later he found out it was a bomb.

Tragic news, :(

My immediate concern would be for the people involved.:(

And that may have been the OPs immediate concern. But, since the OP has a cruise planned for November there, of course this would be his/her next concern. The OP may need to decide whether or not to cancel if before final payment. I don't think it is unreasonable to worry about a further terrorist attacks in the area just tragically suffered from one (if that's what it was). Or, maybe the cruiseline will cancel a port that might have been an important consideration in this itinerary. Some won't book a cruise during hurricane season in the Caribbean. Maybe the OP is just weighing his/her risks and is worried. Just a thought!

Yes, this is definitely very tragic and my thoughts go out to the families that lost loved ones.

Don't be....they'll have cleared it all away by then :)

Extremely silly and callous remark... apparently the loss of life means nothing? Smiley face? Really??!

Its really sad to hear this. I've been to Bangkok multiple times and its a wonderful city with really peaceful people. The area in which the bomb went off is a highly visited area, with major hotels and shopping malls in the vicinity.

I was also reading about some people who are worried about their cruises to Istanbul, due to the problems there last week. Now its Bangkok. While I understand that people do not want any sort of tension on their well earned holidays, we really cannot escape it sitting at home. The 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai happened 4 buildings away from my home.

My suggestion is to continue with your holiday. The aim of the terrorists seems to be to affect tourism in Bangkok, and we shouldn't allow them to win/ define how we live our lives. Our planet is beautiful and if you have the money & health, nothing should stop us from travelling.

Cheers!

Nick

Extremely silly and callous remark... apparently the loss of life means nothing? Smiley face? Really??!

Callous yes,:( but the OP has an answer about their cruise.

Extremely silly and callous remark... apparently the loss of life means nothing? Smiley face? Really??!

No the loss of life does not mean nothing, it means the OP might need to cancel their cruise!

But please do be telling off the person who highlighted the callous shallow concerns of others through the use of humour.

Oh wait, I get it. Humour is lost on certain subcultures of the english speaking world - slap me!

There was the bombing in Boston.

There was the bombing in Boston.

Fortunately in Bali the path to execution of the guilty is much quicker :)

So very sad. We have visited Thailand a few times and love the genuine hospitality of the people.

I do understand the original OPs concerns. Far East cruises are much looked forward to and planned for.

The positives the OP can reflect on are that firstly if Celebrity feel that Bangkok is unsafe they simply will not visit. Although it may give some disappointment there are plenty of alternate beautiful ports of call in that area. There are also a range of tours in Bangkok that are not central such as the Rose Garden, floating market and the River Kwai which visitors could consider if they do not want to visit the city centre.

21 dead they have a suspect identified on cctv

Hi Tilly Rose,

Just heard on the BBC news that UK Government has already said it is NOT recommending UK citizens stay away from Bankok. So unless other atrocities happen there before your cruise, there should be no reason for you not to go.

Bankok is a great place and the people there are charming. It would be a shame if you missed it. Have a wonderful cruise.

Adidas4fun - thank you, glad somebody understood my post.

Of course it's a tragedy many innocent people lost their lives - it could have been one of us, or a relative or friend.

<tries to think of appropriate smiley but fails>

And now there's been another one... It's in Thailand by the way, not just the massive and vague "Asia."

Fortunately no loss of life this time.

One bombing like this will not stop the cruise ships from going to Bangkok, especially as the motives seems to be for random destruction rather than a cruise related target. Just sad that people feel the need to hurt others.

Not sure about that.

Cruise ships terminated stops in Tunisia after the first terrorist attack, and that wasn't a 'cruise-related' target either. Just the threat to tourists.

No cruise line would like the loss of life of passengers, and if it's shown they kept operating to an unsafe place after a terrorist attack, then they open themselves to legal action for not showing sufficient care and safety for the welfare of their paying customers.

Not sure about that.

 

Cruise ships terminated stops in Tunisia after the first terrorist attack, and that wasn't a 'cruise-related' target either. Just the threat to tourists.

 

No cruise line would like the loss of life of passengers, and if it's shown they kept operating to an unsafe place after a terrorist attack, then they open themselves to legal action for not showing sufficient care and safety for the welfare of their paying customers.

True but the bombing was at a local hindu shrine.

While it was near 5 star hotels and shopping precinct it wasn't the most tourist oriented site in the immediate area. This suggests that the bombing was not targeting westerners.

All our news stories are saying it is tourist related targeting, but it is Chinese tourist sites that have been targeted. There is a five star hotel right next to the original site as well, though again our news mentioned it was popular with Chinese tourists.

There do seem to be thoughts that tourism is being targeted to affect the economy.