After living here for two years you see a bit more of the cycle of seasons and the most interesting for me is the growth of the plants on the khlong. It really takes over and then sometimes it gets chopped just to grow back again. This is the first time we have seem them being dredged...and I think the workers actually sleep inside since I've seen people coming out of the hatch very early in the morning.
Post-run stretching. It was actually pouring and we were soaking wet already but no-one felt like climbing on bikes and scooters to go home.
I've wanted to take a picture of this for a while. This is the local gas supply service.
Our Middle School building is 4 floors high and they are in the process of installing higher
railings...starting on the second floor which I found amusing. The students were having their picture taken for Peace One Day ceremony on Monday and I got a kick out of watching John, the photographer straddle a chair and the railing to get a good shot.
We are trying to take a weekend a month and stay in a different part of Bangkok to get to know this huge city a bit better. It always involves some wandering and there is usually at least one destination. This time there were 3- Mexican restaurant, a Lebanese restaurant and Benjakiti Park.
Vince's legs relaxing at the hotel pool. Tiny pool but cute hotel.
We became obsessed with city bike programs this summer and after using one in Boston and Toronto we were excited to see that Bangkok's is still running and is called Pun Pun Bike Share. I think I would limit it to within parks but once we figured it out we'll give it a try. For now Vince will have to be happy with sitting on it.
The two pumps attached to the ground seemed like a clever idea.
In our wandering we saw this mall which seemed out of place since it was advertising very high end stores (no knockoffs here).
We wandered and it was so fancy and almost nobody was there. it seemed like a ghost mall. For no other reason than curiosity we took the escalators all the way to the top (6 floors) and there we found the fanciest cinema in the world...or so they say. "Transporter" was playing so we decided against all logic to check it out. Here's the entrance.
We were given welcome drinks and snacks in the very fancy lounge.
Getting cosy in my chair.....with blanket and pillow.
On the Sunday we got up early to walk to Benjakiti Park where we have heard that a lot of people run. On the way we saw these interesting tile patterns and realized that they were the floors of old buildings. Each would likely be a shop/home.
Benjakati Park did not dissappoont.
Running/walking/cycling track.
I never figured out the yellow line deal.
I think the yellow line is supposed to tell people to walk up on one side and walk down on one side! Looks like a very fancy movie theater :)
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