Bangkok Protests

Sorry Mom…

I did exactly what I wasn’t supposed to do and ended up in ground zero of the Bangkok protests. Flipped and burned cars. Tent cities. Megaphones. Razor wire. Walls made of burned tire. Popcorn army. Life size pictures of government officials with their eyes gouged. Zero white people.

In my defense it was on accident, looking for a marble Buddha.

Oddly enough the streets were completely empty save for the Thai people living in tents and some speeches being given.

We were headed to go find this Buddha and all of a suddenly we stepped over some razor wire, the streets are deserted, and we realize this is where the protests have been happening. We spent about a half hour in there wandering around looking for our Buddha to no avail. Then we thought it would be best to get the fuck out.

Fast forward 2 hours and 1 Golden Mountain later… We are faced with the choice to make a big detour around another section of the protests or go through. We were tired and hot and feeling empowered so we willingly walked through the tiny gate that enters into the protest area. There was a sign in broken English to the affect of “Thai government killed our people….revenge”. So. That happened. We walked through it some more and grabbed some good pictures. Everyone in the encampment seemed friendly enough, but very confused as to why us 3 white women were in the middle of it all.

Anyways, it all worked out and we are alive and well. Check out the pictures below for some cool shots of the protests over here in Bangkok.