One of the hardest hit areas during the red shirt protests were the shopping malls around Ratchaprasong Intersection. Most of them were shut for two months and some were burned and looted on the last day.
This is the intersection that I have come to know so well the last few months. However, I haven’t seen it like this for a long time. Beneath the sky train bridge was the stage for the rally. Where the cars are now were hundreds of red shirts sitting down listening to their leaders on stage.
This is the same road looking north. On their busiest days, this was also crowded with red shirt protesters. In latter days, this was turned into a kind of night bazaar with people selling food and other items as far as the eye could see. Now it is all traffic jams. In some ways, I miss the light traffic and walking streets of the red zone. But I don’t miss the craziness of the aftermath when they set fire to the malls.
- Posted from my iPhone
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