Reuters - Fri Mar 31, 12:58 AM ET
A Thai worker carries a sculpture of Buddha in a village in the northern Thai town of Chiang Mai province, 700km (435 miles) north of Bangkok March 31, 2006. Residents in Chiang Mai, the hometown of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, complain that political turmoil in Bangkok where protesters have been conducting street rallies for the past nine months have scared the foreign tourists away. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang