A monk walks along the platform at the Chiang Mai train station, 700 km (435 miles) north of Bangkok May 21, 2010, before the arrival of "red shirt" protesters from Bangkok. Troops manned razor-wire roadblocks and searched vehicles for weapons in Bangkok on Friday, two days after they ended anti-government protests that descended into the worst violence in modern Thai history.[Agencies]
Red shirt supporters welcome protesters arriving on the train from Bangkok at the Chiang Mai train station, 700 kilometers (435 miles) north of Bangkok, May 21, 2010. [Agencies]