images of the past

It's Summer in Thailand, the rainy season but not so much rain this year but hot and to hot for war games.  So things are getting back to the old normal, not that the folks in the red shirts are happy but they are back to there normal lives. 

Though the state of emergency, which sounds to me like a nice way of saying marshal law or lets have a totalitarian mandate, has been lifted in one Provence to the north, Lampang and two smaller provinces in Issan - Sakon Nakon and Roi-et.  While Bangkok and the the bulk of the kingdom are still under thumb of prime minister Abhisit and the military under the "State of Emergency powers".

A date to watch is August the 18 th when the Thai Supreme Court rules on the the legality of the seizure of Mr. Thaksin's 46 billion baht assets.

As I've told many, even when the protests were in full swing, Bangkok is a big city and it's possible to visit and not even see all this craziness that was going on.  So go and visit a girly bar off of Sukumvit or take in the historic palace grounds, take a ride on the river, visit one of the markets or malls and shop or just hang out in one of the worlds most interesting and fun places.

However, remember the government is trying to discourage elephants in the city so have leveed a fine of 10,000 baht on visitors caught feeding bananas to them purchased from their manhout.