LAST WEEK A WAR ZONE, NOW MY WAY HOME

Less than seven days ago Rama 4 road in Bangkok was literally a war zone. Troops from the Royal Thai Army battled red shirt anti-government protesters, culminating with the burning of a number of buildings. Images from clashes on this road appeared around the world.
Now Bangkok is largely back to normal, except for the obvious scars, and Rama 4 has returned to being an important part of my own daily commute. It's only the burned out shells of around half a dozen buildings along this road that provide any indication of what happened just a few days ago.