Thread: The Siege for Bangkok. The long walk home.

terrific thread terry, thanks.

I never need to travel by road in Bangkok, I have so many other options of getting around. I can walk, take the Klong Taxi, the MRT or the BTS or travel up the river by public ferry. There's also a bus that has a dedicated lane connecting the BTS. So easy convenient and cheap to get around. A massive advantage to living in Silom is the convenience of having two sky train stations at my finger tips. Plus having Lumpini park right there as well tops it off. Having to rely on a car would be maddening .

Ok then, Ive walked up the stairs and am now on Ratchaprasong Road heading towards protest sight # 2. The long walk home from here is to follow this road all the way, it morphed into Silom road and hits the 3RD protest sight. Its quite a walk but I love the action on the street anywhere in Bangkok plus I meet the locals and sometimes pick up some good gear on the way home. The street food is a bonus as well. Follow this road all the way and you will fall into the river at the End, not a bad idea as its getting hot in Bangkok with the humidity starting to rise.

thanks for the update/photos, living down here in phuket i seldom get up to Bangkok ( except to pass thru the ariport)

This is a 4 lane road which has been closed down to 2. At the bridge it is closed off and walking only from there on as that's the start of protest sight # 2. At all sights the street vendors had taken over the road selling food and what not. So much better than all the cars clogging the roads and in turn created a party atmosphere. The Thais excel at this until it kicks of and then its not so jovial.

Originally Posted by Phuketrichard

living down here in phuket I seldom get up to Bangkok

If one knows how to use Bangkok and avoids using road transport its a brilliant town. I love the city, some don't. So much to do if one has the get up and go.

We are all different. I travel out often though so its always great for me to get back, that's the key to Bangkok.

At this bridge the traffic ends and its walking only. On the left is Big C, that's where a grenade landed and two kids where killed. No Political comments please. I'm just doing a walk through.

Entering the Zone.

Street vendor.

Suthep. The leader driving the political protests in Bangkok.

His image is everywhere.

The street vendors are making some nice money selling merchandise. This protest is 4 months in at this point and looks set to carry on for a while yet considering what going on in Lumpini Park. Photos on that coming up.

Still selling these.Thais are great consumers.

Popcorn T shirts.

The men in Black T shirts.

All the angst is aimed at the present Prime Minister Yingluck and her Brother Thaksin.

A tad raunchy this one.

I missed a few pics here so I'm backtracking.

Another view with the army and Democracy Monument in the Back ground.

I'm posting this one up again as It rather pushes home the point to not mess with guys that have guns.

Another one of those T shirts.

Ok back to protest sight 2 on Ratchaprasong Road. I'm standing outside big C. At this very spot a grenade landed and killed two young children. After the deaths this sight was kept clear and a shrine was set up. Just today the venders have decided its time to crank up business again.

The gruesome pics remain.