Bangkok Week 527 August 2, 2018 A long weekend full of Bangkok parks! View fullsize The Royal Project now grows western-style mangoes! View fullsize Visiting a large new park on the property of Chulalonkorn University. View fullsize Guests can help to aerate the pond water. View fullsize Families playing badminton, football... but no frisbee! View fullsize Don't be fooled: it's not a golf course. View fullsize Many plants (and ants) in addition to grass. View fullsize Nice views, because part of the park is elevated. View fullsize Like this view of Siam Square. View fullsize Looking back down the length of the park. View fullsize Using our True points for a free BR. A good deal any day! View fullsize You must be wearing yellow to hitch a ride on these trucks. View fullsize I think this is my first time cooking something on the stove top! View fullsize The end result. View fullsize Park #2 for the (long) weekend: "Forest in the Park" redevelopment proejct by PTT. View fullsize Apart from this lawn, it's mostly "wild" jungle-like growth. View fullsize Observation deck at the entrance. View fullsize Big leaves! View fullsize Picturesque walls. View fullsize Walking amidst the treetops. View fullsize From above: how the banana leaves unfurl. View fullsize And these leaves fan open. View fullsize Pretty in pink. View fullsize Walking toward the observation tower. View fullsize Treetop walk from above. View fullsize It was swaying! View fullsize Suvarnabhumi in the background. View fullsize The local chickens bid us farewell. View fullsize Checking out the newly reopened bike track around Suvarnabhumi -- you know, since we're in the neighborhood. View fullsize There's a nice food court -- perhaps the only one in Bangkok with bike hangers. View fullsize The (inflatable?) starting line. View fullsize You swipe in and out with a special wristband. And then you're on our own for the next 23.5 km! View fullsize Beware! This bench is out-of-order! View fullsize Back in Phrom Phong: this dental clinic logo wins the "Little Red Riding Hood" prize. View fullsize Monday morning: found where they store the babies on this 787! View fullsize Colorful, crowded Metro Manila. View fullsize Celebrating Thursday night at Broccoli Revolution in Thonglor - we haven't been back since its soft launch several years ago!
