After walking around Silom and Saladaeng, taking pictures of Bangkok volunteers cleaning up their city, I then decided to walk up Ratchadamri Road towards Ratchaprasong.
The BMA city workers were out in force today to help clear up the rubbish left behind after the Reds occupation of this road. It is a dangerous job as some handmade bombs were found near here this afternoon!
Here are a couple of people are helping to clean two elephants in the middle of Ratchadamri Road.
Not all of the work was easy. These volunteers had a hard time trying to sweep away the black soot left behind after the tyre barricade was set on fire by the Reds.
This picture shows you why BTS Ratchadamri station is not open yet. As you can see, the steps leading up to the station suffered some fire damage.
This is a view from one of the pedestrian bridges looking north up Ratchadamri Road. As you can see, it is clear and should be open to traffic tomorrow.
While I was walking up the road, I came across the Bangkok Governor doing a walkabout to thank the local people who had come to help clean up the city. He looked very tired.
Another big job was cleaning all of the graffiti that was written on walls and on the ground.
This final picture shows two red songtaews that had come here all the way from Chiang Mai. They have been damaged during the fighting or maybe later. Not sure why they are still here as everything else has been cleared.
- Posted from my iPhone
Nootprapa
23/05/2010 at 9:53 pm
Even though it’s too hurt to look at my country now, but thank you so much to show such touching pictures. Thank you
Apatt
28/05/2010 at 2:22 pm
What’s “songtaew” in English?
Richard Barrow
28/05/2010 at 3:49 pm
The word “song” means “two” and “taew” is “row”. It is a public pick-up truck with two rows of seats in the back for paying customers.