Caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his family left for Pattaya for a weekend holiday.

Thaksin, his wife and three children left their Charansanitwong resident in their vehicle at 11:20 am.

Thaksin waved to reporters, smilingly.

He is scheduled to return to Bangkok on Monday.

The Nation

A far better choice than his original plan, which was to go to Berlin for the World Cup Final