Just returned home about midnight after having walked several kilometers from Sanam Luang (in front of the Grand Palace) to Khao San Road then all the way through Chinatown to Hualamphong Station.  I actually filled up my entire memory card (512mb) in a single afternoon and evening shooting pictures and short video segments of the Rama IV’s 60th Anniversary celebrations.

There were hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people at the celebrations.  I’ll write more about it after a good night’s sleep, but here are some preview pictures:

The Thai flag and the Chakri Dynasty flag

Royal Barge Procession (dress rehearsal for Monday’s full state ceremony)

The Grand Palace at dusk as tens of thousands of people walk past from the river side to the grounds at Sanam Luang

Crowds gather along Thanon Ratchadamnoen with the festive gates and lights