Bangkok Week 96 April 29, 2010 Let the music heal your protest-wounded soul. View fullsize A train of police vans line the street on the way to work. View fullsize But it's still too early for the police themselves to be on patrol. View fullsize At evening rush hour, they've finally got their act together. View fullsize During my forced to walk to work on Friday morning. "Think we overdid the barbed wire?" View fullsize I doubt this seller is getting much business this morning! Except perhaps from the army. View fullsize The blocked entrance to Silom road, site of Thursday night's grenade attacks. View fullsize Bangkok or Baghdad? View fullsize The skytrain's closure caused horrible traffic jams that morning, too. View fullsize Much worse than normal! Suckaz. View fullsize Downtown Saturday, the Red Shirts' now-ubiquitous tire blockades and sharpened bamboo spears mark their territory. View fullsize A posh scene outside Au Bon Pain! View fullsize The sharpened bamboo must be to prevent people from hurling themselves in the direction of the Red Shirts. View fullsize Out of red shirts, this kid resorts to red shorts for the day. View fullsize She'll be making lots of sales, now that the Red Shirts have started mimicking the Multi-coloured Shirts. View fullsize Sunday afternoon at Vee's ukulele competition -- held at the posh home of a police chief (whose family owns a ukulele shop). View fullsize I got this under control. 100%. View fullsize The prizes. No shame in leaving empty-handed, either! View fullsize They look like minis. But no, they're real ukes! View fullsize Sporting his official competitors' name badge. View fullsize Neat engravings in this designer line of ukuleles. View fullsize Part of the crowd starts to form. We got there 2 hrs early. Eventually, it was packed! View fullsize Sponsored by Phuket Beer. Generous of them, but it left something to be desired. View fullsize They brought in real Hawaiian dancers to open the afternoon's events. View fullsize Waiting to perform, and the sun is setting. He played 16th of 17. View fullsize Finally on stage! View fullsize What a crowd! Over 200 people attended. View fullsize Part of the support group! View fullsize The whole crowd -- including friends and colleagues from work. View fullsize The woman on the right is a famous singer, and was one of the celebrity judges on the panel.
