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Published: June 23rd 2017
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Nana and Pa invited us to go to Thailand with them. The day before Nana paid for the tickets riots broke out in Bangkok.
"During the anti-government ("Red Shirt"😉 protests, which took place from March to May 2010, a series of violent incidents, including grenade attacks, occurred. On 19 May, the main protest site in Bangkok was cleared by security forces. Clashes between security forces and protesters left over 80 dead and more than 2,100 people injured during this period."
The trip went from 'yes, we are going' to 50%!c(MISSING)hance of going, finally got to 2%!c(MISSING)hance then 'no we're not'.
The riots were finally over and, with less than a month to go until our departure date, Nana decided it would be safe and tickets were purchased - WE'RE GOING TO THAILAND!!
PHOTOS FROM THAT TIME
9 APRIL Anti-government 'red shirt' protesters fight with Thai army soldiers at Thaicom Teleport and DTH Center on the outskirts of Bangkok.
20 APRIL Anti-government 'red shirt' protesters wave a Thai national flag and a red flag as they gather behind a barricade made of bamboo poles and tyres at an intersection close to the Silom Road financial district in Bangkok.
23 APRIL Anti-government Red Shirt protesters amass in front of their barricade as riot police approach them in Bangkok's Silom business district.
15 MAY The situation in Bangkok has taken a turn for more violence as the Thai army's crack down on Red Shirts protesters intensifies. The death toll stand now at 22, and the army has designated certain areas of Bangkok as a "live firing zone". .
17 MAY The Thai army clashed with hardline "red-shirts" protesters,
19 MAY
(1) Downtown Bangkok became a raging battleground as the army stormed a barricaded protest camp and toppled the Red Shirt leadership, enraging demonstrators who fired grenades and set fires that cloaked the skyline in a black haze.
(2) An armored vehicle breaks through a Red Shirt barricade in Bangkok.
(3) Journalists lie down and take cover during a gun battle between Thai army and anti-government protesters at Lumpini park in downtown Bangkok.
(4) The City Hall building burns after it was set on fire by Red Shirt protesters in Ubon Ratchathani province, north-east of Bangkok.
(5) A statue and a torn Thai national flag remain in front of Bangkok's Central World shopping mall, which was gutted by fire after army soldiers advanced towards an encampment of thousands of Red Shirt protesters.
(6) A person takes a photograph of deserted Lumpini Park following a crackdown on anti-government protesters, in downtown Bangkok.
(7) Smoke billows from a commercial area of Bangkok after 20 locations were set ablaze in Bangkok.
(8) CentralWorld was one of the more than 30 Bangkok buildings that Red Shirt protesters set ablaze.
(9) Smoke rises from fires burning in downtown Bangkok, following the surrender of anti-government leaders and capture of their encampment.
20 MAY A "Red Shirt" anti-government protester sets fire to a commercial building after leaders announced the surrender.
24 MAY
(1) Bangkok residents scrub the streets after nine weeks of the Red Shirt protest movement.
(2) Hundreds of Bangkok municipal workers with brooms walk towards Lumpini park, where anti-government protesters stayed for two months to clean in downtown Bangkok.
(3) Thai residents look at the damage along Rama IV Ro
(4) Steel belts from burned tyres are gathered by a collector along Rama 4 Road in Bangkok.
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