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The Red Shirts in Bangkok: The Faces of Day Two
Day two of the Red Shirts in Bangkok… Well. Well. I’ve had a huge splash of visitors in the past several hours. Welcome to WLT everyone. To those coming in new, I am not a journalist. Or even a proper photographer. I’m just an expat in Bangkok who happens to have a camera. Or three. [...]
The Red Shirts are in Bangkok. Again.
There be Red Shirts… Thursday afternoon I tried to focus on a Friday post. Sigh. But I could not, would not settle. With everything going on this weekend, there was too much on my mind. The closer the Red Shirt rallies came, the more alarming the news. Protesters plan to paralyse Bangkok: city could burn [...]
What’s This About Songkran?
Red Shirt riots aside, just what IS สงกรานต์ (Songkran)… One of the benefits of writing posts for WLT is being inspired to look up the many details I don’t know about Thailand and its culture. And while I realise that Songkran is officially over (isn’t it?) my previous post needed a trim. And besides, the [...]
Happy Songkran (Red Shirts) Day
Talk about bad, bad, timing… Last month, with Songkran in mind, I slogged away on a Thai language phrase book series for tourists as well as Thai language learners. In hindsight, I can absolutely see that Red Shirts running riot through the streets of Bangkok would be a perfect setting for this series. To prepare, [...]
Red Shirts at Victory Monument
The Red Shirts have been and gone… This morning, first thing, I headed to Victory Monument via the Skytrain. The train was mostly empty, but instead of sitting, I stood at the exit to see out. We passed streets with Red Shirts, buses and flames. And when the doors opened at Phyathai, I could see [...]
Red Shirts Yellow Shirts or Thailand?
The Red Shirts are coming… When I woke up yesterday morning, there were no plans to go running around Bangkok looking for protesters. But when the termite company poisoned not only my condo but my lungs, go I did. Calling my favourite taxi driver, we headed out. I’m near Victory Monument but we skirted around [...]
