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