05 December 2005

VICTORY MONUMENT



These piccies are of Victory Monument, the key bus terminal/exchange centre of Bangkok. This is an extra quiet Saturday, as most people had gone away for the long weekend. The cool thing is when you get on a bus you can ask if it goes "to Victory!"

The long weekend was to celebrate the King’s birthday. The town was decked out in the royal yellow, with extra king-related shrines popping up everywhere. About 10% of the people wore yellow shirts to mark the day, many the official version with the “Love Dad” slogan on it. There were concerts and activities all over Bangkok, which many people attended and sung along to the king-related songs.

As the King’s the ‘Father’ of Thailand, it is also Thai Father’s Day, so happy Father’s Day dad.

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