I’m sure many of my readers have been shopping at Siam Square in Bangkok. Have you ever seen it look like in these photos?
That was yesterday. Nobody there.
All the shops closed. The effect of the protests on regular people in Bangkok like shop owners and their employees is pretty bad. The split between chao baan and Bangkok people is going to get even bigger after this.
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13 Responses to “Quiet day in Siam Square”
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April 19th, 2010 at 8:53 am
Almost eerie.
Are you staying in Bangkok now?
April 19th, 2010 at 9:07 am
No, I’m up country
April 19th, 2010 at 9:15 am
It was pretty dead over Songkran too. The Apex cinemas were cancelling shows and closing early because of the lack of foot traffic. The political crisis isn’t just hurting the 5-star shopping malls but small businesses as well. Some might never recover.
April 19th, 2010 at 12:36 pm
Yeah. If the disgusting people who buy and sell human lives without shame are successfully challenged it will be a disaster for the “model” business. The numbers of attractive sex slaves, sorry “pretties” will start to decline. Such a shame. What will their exploiters do? Perhaps the Commerce Minister can find fresh supplies of exploitable women and men from her family people trafficing and commercial sex empire?
April 19th, 2010 at 3:46 pm
So you think that pretties are sex slaves? I wonder where you get your ideas. I was in that business when I was young. It would be better if you didn’t smear everyone. Most people aren’t in the dirty business you are talking about.
My favorite little book shop in Siam Square is suffering a lot with the protests. My cousin who drives a commuter bus can’t work because the route he drives is blocked. Many thousands more have similar problems. They all want to go to Isaan and trample the rice farms and block the roads at harvest time, seems only fair.
Not sure what happened to make you mad but what is happening in Bangkok isn’t much about what you are talking about.
April 19th, 2010 at 5:01 pm
They all want to go to Isaan and trample the rice farms and block the roads at harvest time, seems only fair.
Oh saucer of milk for asiansweetheart.
April 19th, 2010 at 5:51 pm
You know, I’m not on any side of this conflict. That’s because all sides are wrong. But I can understand why everybody is mad.
April 20th, 2010 at 7:47 am
wow… I’ve never seen Siam Square that empty, even at 5 in the morning. I’ve been back in the U.S. for five months, it’s going to be interesting when I get back.. How is the traffic, is it still the same around Bangkok, or has it thinned out also?
April 20th, 2010 at 7:48 am
What does ‘chao baan’ mean?
April 20th, 2010 at 8:04 am
chao baan means villager. chao means “resident” and baan is short for moo baan which means village. You also have chao muang which are “city resident” and chao khao which refers to the hill tribes.
April 20th, 2010 at 10:19 pm
A very empty siam paragon panoramic
http://i842.photobucket.com/albums/zz343/e_spitzer/siam/SiamParagonPanorama.jpg
May 2nd, 2010 at 12:00 pm
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