Even as the World Watched II: Tasting the Kool-Aid

Nowhere to hide.

Must have been hundreds of journalists from many countries.

This is Nattha Komolvadhin from Thai PBS.  There was some fighting going on here this day.  I got to talk with her at length during an interview much later.  Very sharp journalist complete with a PhD.

There was fighting just here on the street.

Journalists wore green armbands.  This man was also wearing a red cross.  Maybe he was playing it double safe, but the best insurance against getting shot is to not be here, or to wear body armor.

Base of Dusit Thani hotel.

Was hot but not as bad as Afghanistan or Iraq.

Often it was hard to tell if they were journalists, tourists or maybe soldiers undercover.  Saw some guys who looked far too fit and military to be journalists, and they wore the same types of shoes.