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

Thanks for going to the trouble. Seems sort of nice having the empty roads. Bk was an experience, wandered around lost mostly, but found most things in a random sort of way. Used the long ferries a lot , 9 bht from the Prince Palace Hotel to downtown.

Looking onto the protesters accommodation area, beyond that is the stage. On the right hand side one will see Central World Department store. In 2010 the protesters set this on fire and many surrounding buildings hence this years protests have been tame in comparison.

The gigs over and many people have pulled out. This area a few weeks ago was chock full of tents and people on the street, the stage in the back ground seen a lot of action.

The main stage.

Exiting the protest sight and moving right along.

Nice to reclaim the roads for a while.

The long walk continues, I'm now continuing down Ratchaprasong road heading down to Lumpini park and Silom Road. These pics where shot on Saturday and today Monday this road will be clogged by cars once again. shame really. Enjoyed being able to walk around the place.

Exiting the boundary of the closed down road.

Looking back onto the entrance to the sight.

Looking down Ratchaprasong road. last time one will see it like this until the next time the protesters shut down Bangkok .

Walk on past the 5 star hotels. They will be glad the roads are open again.

Past this new Tuk Tuk.

I'm now walking past Ratchadamri sky train station and carrying onto Lumpini.

Jesus, this Taxi driver is putting all his faith in Buddha Eh.

Two Nuns pan handling.

Keep walking past Uncle Sam.

Uncle Sam lives here.

Finally hit the entrance to Lumpini park. Great walk, really enjoyed it but not home yet.

Enter the Park through these gates and continue on. All the protesters have now relocated here. it is rammed full.

A word on Lumpini Park. This is the largest Park in Bangkok and truly an oasis in the city. I live 10 minutes away and come here regularly for exercise and to enjoy the beautiful surroundings.When the protests kicked off 4 months ago they set up a mini city here. It was amazing to see how they had everything organized to manage the people and the scale of the set up. As the protests escalated they tore it all down and relocated to Democracy Monument. Now they tore that all down again and have come back in mass and on a much bigger scale. These pics where taken Saturday, yesterday I wandered down and they where setting up stages and many more people had set up their tents. In two hours time I'll be down there again for a walk around and I reckon I'll be lucky to get in there considering the amount of people. The protesters are always friendly towards me offering free food and drinks. Never a problem for us farang as long as one is not stupid enough to get involved in their business. This pic is just inside the gate.

Seems to be millions of these tents around.

Not a bad spot is it. Much better than camping on the road.