Shutdown Bangkok?
21 Jan 2014 | Bangkok, Thailand
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Back to Thailand! This time no hesitation, we walk out of the airport and hitch our way directly to Pierre's place. The first guy to take us before we even take a thumb out is Polish (as usual, Polish people are everywhere to take hitchhikers), and then we slowly get on, getting a lot of rides from all kind of people
We get there with the night while a wedding is being celebrated so we join the party, Pierre is so happy and surprised to see us :)
Since my last visit, a lot of things have changed, some construction work has been done on the shop, Pierre is now making his own bread and cheese, missing also the French products apparently!
After a week, we make our way to Bangkok, I have some visas to get there as I decided that enought is enought, too hot for me and getting warmer again, I'll go North!
Bangkok is in a revolution status, after some of the highests in power have been convinced of corruption and with the coming elections, the opposition is organizing huge demonstrations with the motto "Shutdown Bangkok, and restart". The protest is quite popular, with most of the business and political centers blocked from the streets, there are lot of camps everywhere, the cith is a big mess.
As we have to stay there for a few days waiting for my Mongolian visa (the Chinese embassy doesn't want to hear anything without a return plane ticket). We stay at Pui's place, whom company is very enjoyable, and we also meet her friends who make a salsa show for the protest. Being there we try to make the best out of the city, walking around, going to the markets, visiting a bit - thanks to Pui who give us good advices of less touristy places to go.