-- Today, (15th.), forenoon tee rak & I walked along Rama IV. rd. from the Henri Dunant i'sect. towards the DUSIT THANI HTL. i'sect. & beyond.
- Roughly mid-way between the HD. i'sect. & the pedestrian o'bridge. there were the usual orange colored & plastic barriers across both carriageways.
- At the DT. 'isect. some broken bottles, bricks and suchlike in the roadway; the usual & background rhetoric from the dir'n. of the red shirts' encampment.
- Father along Rama IV. a tyre still afire & some debris scattered across the rd..
- Roughly opposite to the gateway ent'ce. to LUMPINI PK. police called to us not to progress any farther and to turn-back.
- Along Si Lom rd. roughly only the smaller 7/11s. & Family Marts were OPEN; ANKOR MASSAGE had its street door OPEN , but whether that was for business or just an airing I don't know; one small food shop was OPEN; in CP. TWR. only WATSON'S was OPEN; in UNITED CENTRE only DELIFRANCE was OPEN; a few OPEN stalls & hand-carts were seen along Si Lom rd..
- In P. Pong 2 FOODLAND & the nearby 24/7. cafe./rest't., LE BOUCHON, and only a few girlie-bars were OPEN at that time.
- We enjoyed our morning's coffees in SARIKA CAFE, along with an handful of others.
- Along Si Lom red. we noticed a couple of privately owned & orange colored #77. 'buses. running; just a few m/c. taxis, taxis. & tuk-tuks seen.
- As we left, (approx. 12nn.), we saw plenty of riot-police in the gen'l. area of the KASIKORN BANK; some were de-bussing. while others were relaxing and taking it easy - to the manner born!
-- Possibly the only one's profiting from the present sit'n. are the bottlers & suppliers of bottled & drinking water?
-- Along Rama IV. & Si Lom one could not help but notice the piles of swept-up but uncollected garbage & trash.
-- We met a farang visiting from Pattaya; his Thai companion told us that there's life along Si Lom rd. from the other side of Naras Thiwat rd. & going towards Charoen Krung.
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