Whoops

Hmm,I've made it to Kuala Lumpur alright. Bloody long train journey but it was okay. Fairly uneventful. However, when I was in the cab to the train station this morning, an idle chat with the cab driver culminated in him telling me to avoid the south of Thailand if possible. As I'm sat in the train station in KL with bugger all to do I figured I'd check it out. Here's what the foreign and commonwealth office haad to say:

There is a threat to British and other Western targets from terrorism in Thailand. On 28 April, there were attacks on security forces in 10 locations in the far southern provinces of Pattani, Yala, Narathiwat and Songkhla. More than 100 militants and 5 members of the security forces are reported to have been killed. We recommend against all non-essential travel to these four provinces.

Hmm, my next stop is Hat Yai, in none other than the Songkhla Province. I should really have checked this out beforehand but forgot that my Thailand Lonely Planet is a bit out of date. Apparently the Islamics and the Buddhists in the area aren't getting along too well either. So... my options are to get off at Butterworth instead and then get a train straight through to Bangkok, or, to just go to Hat Yai and hope for the best. I'll only be there for four hours, waiting for my next train so i might do that. Dunno, I'll find some Westerners on the train too (if possible) and discuss it with them whilst trying my best not to appear a neurotic freak. Obviously I'll let y'all know when i get Bangkok too. Bear in mind that when I was last planning to go to Thailand the warning was the same but for the whole country. The FCWO tend to over state things. Anyways, wish me luck.