Thailand coup and how it's affecting Vientiane

We had no plans to go to Thailand this weekend (my passport is at the Chinese Embassy, regardless) but some of our group are heading to Macau via Bangkok. Best of luck to 'em- 

For those of us in Vientiane, the coup day was noticeable really in one respect- our TV was out. HBO, CNN, BBC and every other channel had been replaced with this :

(Creepy SSR-type Thai music was playing in the background)

It sometimes changed to this:

(No idea what he was saying; everything was in Thai)

And then randomly this:

Which seemed to be a five minute inspiration video ? It had a family and some kind of reunion.

Nick's cousin was coming in from Bangkok last night, so we were worried she might have issues, but her night train to Nong Khao (at the Lao border) seemed to go ok