The protests of Thai opposition in the country's capital, Bangkok, have turned into an anti-governmental carnival procession, the local newspaper Nation said on its Web site.
Some 10,000 motorcycles and 7,000 cars, pickups and trucks assembled into a 20-km long convoy and completed a 46-km route along the streets of Bangkok.
The Nation claimed that it was one of the world's longest anti-government caravans of automobiles.
Media reports said that some 65,000 people joined the protest organized by the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), the so-called Red Shirts, who intend to force the government to dissolve parliament and call for new elections.
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said earlier he was ready to negotiate with the protesters on condition they refrain from insulting verbal attacks.
On Tuesday, Thai opposition protestors painted the streets in front of the gates of the Thai prime minister's office with blood taken voluntarily from 100,000 protestors.
British-born Abhisit Vejjajiva, took office after the resignation of Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, who was ousted after mass protests in November 2008, that shut down Bangkok's airport.
A series of protests in Thailand started in March 2009 after the government offered 9 million low-paid Thai workers assistance worth $55 per head to stimulate the economy. Protestors called the aid "bribery," accused the Cabinet of coming to power illegally and demanded that Vejjajiva step down.
BANGKOK, March 20 (RIA Novosti)
