

A few portraits by Nick Patong shot in the Hollywood Discotheque at Patong, Phuket.
Central World, the BIG shopping center, on fire.
Plans to announce a curfew have been put on hold, but all schools and government offices in Bangkok will be closed Monday as chaos continues to wrack the capital.
Black smoke fills the sky over Din Daeng junction as red shirt protesters burn tires to keep soldiers at bay.
The military is present in the city.
The red shirt protests continue to cause havoc in Thailand, seriously damaging he country's reputation.
The protests are inconveniencing much of the Bangkok populace, putting some out of business, many out of work and the whole debacle has changed the vibe in Bangkok.
I can't count how many times I have been asked by fellow foreigners whether I am yellow or red. I am neither. Many, many people are fed up with both of these groups and you can count me in that number.
I'm sorry to say that the whole protest situation shows no sign of ending any time soon, in fact I would go as far to say that the red shirted protesters seem more settled and more entrenched - and the odds of them being forced out by the authorities is much less likely than it was say a week ago.
If you have yet to check out Black Pagoda, located on what was once a walkway between two buildings up above Patpong soi 2 where sexy girls dance and put on a show for those below (see right), now is your chance. Black Pagoda has a new happy hour in place and from 7 until 9 pm it's just 100 baht for standard drinks, good value in what is a high end bar.
There is a ladyboy who hangs out around the saphan loi in Bangkok most nights, waiting for drunks to come along. The bridge troll tries to follow them home. The troll (in spite of the nickname) is fairly cute and has a girlish voice. If you didn’t know about ladyboys you’d probably never guess. If you did know about them, but you were drunk enough you might be fooled.
Tin Green and the gang hanging out in a bar at Nana Plaza.
(original a polaroid from that photo guy that comes around.)

