{"id":336,"date":"2014-05-11T16:19:53","date_gmt":"2014-05-11T16:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.trainingelite.com\/?p=336"},"modified":"2014-05-21T14:29:28","modified_gmt":"2014-05-21T14:29:28","slug":"day-8-out-and-about-protests-in-bangkok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wordpress.trainingelite.com\/?p=336","title":{"rendered":"Day 8 – out and about – protests in Bangkok"},"content":{"rendered":"

So…… as I upload these pictures I and listening to the news on the TV… They are talking about gun shots and grenade attacks… I was around this area (there was also a bike shop I was looking for) for about 4 hours..\u00a0 OH SHIT!!!!\u00a0 Anyway.. Not shot or blown up, this whole thing was more or less a camp site with some (rather dodgy) security.\u00a0 The camp was just a heap of this:<\/p>\n

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If it’s not clear (and I understand it’s not) sitting around doing very little.\u00a0 keep in mind it’s about 38deg in the shade.\u00a0 Everyone is sweating (not just me with 20kgs of camera).\u00a0 Look at the gloss on the face of the guy below.<\/p>\n

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This guy is indicative of the people who were floating about.\u00a0 Hot and here for support.\u00a0 They are extremely organised with festival like TVs and sound systems.\u00a0 They even have pharmacies and medical centres (with beds, lots of)<\/p>\n

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The locals are still conducting business.\u00a0 This lady was telling people’s fortune with a standard pack of cards for a princely sum of 40b (about $1.2).<\/p>\n

The biggest thing that happened while I was there was the arrival of this guy.\u00a0 One can only assume that he was important, they were pushing me towards him and people were thrusting anything they had into his hand for his autograph.\u00a0 He had 4 very serious security guards with him.<\/p>\n

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If anyone can help me with who he is, he appears to be wearing an Energy Australia hat ?????<\/p>\n

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