A new set of tourists that are now visiting certain locations in Bangkok are called “Disaster Zone Tourists” as they want to see the places hit hardest by the red shirt protests.
One of the more popular locations for them to visit is from Siam Square to Ratchaprasong which were the hardest hit by the fires and looting. Many were taking pictures of the burned ruins of Siam Theatre and Central World. Some of the Diaster Zone Tourists were making use of this army bunker to pose for their picture.
It seems an ideal location to take your picture as the burned ruin of the Zen building can be seen in the background. I have been here many times in the past few months but I don’t remember seeing the army setting up a bunker here. I get the feeling that these sandbags were moved here recently in order to make a new tourist attraction.
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better than KFC and McDonalds lol but the name...
David
28/05/2010 at 10:08 pm
Yeah, I have pics from this location from two different periods in April. No sandbags. And the way things went down after the protest was called off, no point in anyone setting up sandbags facing CW