Bangkok Week 52 June 25, 2009 A fun night on the town, and a fun afternoon on our hot new wheelz! View fullsize A night out on the town! First stop... View fullsize ... a swanky vegetarian restaurant in Siam Square! Shh, no photos allowed! View fullsize Paragon's plaza, all lit up at night. View fullsize Friday Night Life goes on (Sim Tower-style) inside an adjacent mall. View fullsize Palms, stairs and Versace lit up too. View fullsize UP to our primary destination! Doesn't he look thrilled? View fullsize Posing with Mr. Fredrickson. View fullsize Definitely stylish. View fullsize The next day, we stumbled upon some royally-made Mint Choc Chip ice cream! View fullsize Lunch at a mom-and-pop shop. View fullsize The next day, (western) lunch at our own shop. View fullsize Mmm... gorilla cheese. Makes my heart melt. View fullsize At the "Train" park... formerly a 9-hole golf course! View fullsize Some people come to picnic... some to sleep. View fullsize Walking to... View fullsize ... the bike rental! Cheezy bike overload! View fullsize My hot new ride! 20B (70 cents) for the day! View fullsize Pimpin' out on the Granny bikes. (We chose these because they were the biggest.) View fullsize Riding through the park... which has been re-paved 'specially for biking. View fullsize Recognize it? The Golden Mount! View fullsize And mum's Giant Swing! View fullsize This area (for kids? bah!) had proper lane markers and traffic signs. View fullsize Touring around the famous sights. View fullsize And here's Victory Monument! View fullsize Hey! My pal the traffic cop! View fullsize Bike parking outside... View fullsize ...the butterfly garden! View fullsize This butterfly mosaic on the floor was 1 of 2 butterflies we saw, though. View fullsize Here's the other! View fullsize Surprisingly, it was a pretty big enclosed area. View fullsize You could even rent sailboats and kayaks! View fullsize Some kids play basketball. (You have to think Thai players have a bit of a handicap.) View fullsize Posing with his flexible friends. View fullsize Finally, the park's namesake! View fullsize Wait for me, you stationary passenger car! View fullsize Sitting inside an old... segment of a car. View fullsize Coke break! View fullsize Okay, general heat break. View fullsize Lotus plants have taken over this pond. View fullsize A former golf course has its advantages! Lots of space to lounge. View fullsize Requisite group shot. (Note: I got dressed first that day!) View fullsize PLENTY of room to play frisbee... a relatively unknown sport here. View fullsize You can guess what whacked me in the stomach half a second later. View fullsize Dorothy, happily peddling along. View fullsize Funny is the chubby kid riding a small, pink bicycle. View fullsize Peace, yo. View fullsize Riding more paths. (Note the white lines painted on the LH side of the road.) View fullsize Typically Thai: a tree in the middle of the road. View fullsize Rush hour traffic toward the end of the afternoon! View fullsize An ugly-bugly lime! (More commonly called a Kaffir Lime, coording to Wikipedia... but not considered a lime at all here!) View fullsize After months of nothing, signs of life return to the house next door! View fullsize One face has now been smoothed over with a layer of cement. Progress? View fullsize Chatting with some pixelated blobs in Mexico! Hi!
