19 April 2010

Anti-government protesters in Bangkok

I swear I've never seen more soldiers patrolling the streets of Bangkok, especially in a CBD like Silom. Earlier tonight I took the subway to Silom to meet with friends for dinner later. The soldiers and the barbwire were all over the place because the protesters had threatened to take over Silom as part of their stronger measure to force the prime minister to dissolve the parliament. So yeah, pretty much defense on the govts part. Otherwise it was pretty normal and business as usual. Save for the M16. Never been so close to one. Brrrr...

But otherwise, Bangkok lives on.

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