Bangkok Week 696 October 28, 2021 A long weekend filled with lots of exciting new activities: train rides, bike rides, car rides. View fullsize It's Friday. So you know what that means! View fullsize Time to kick our legs! View fullsize Arlo also practiced swimming the length of the pool floating on his own in a noodle. View fullsize Everyone: time to pour water on your children! View fullsize Arlo's favorite part of the class: jumping time! View fullsize And another! View fullsize Surprise package from Trat! View fullsize Freshly baked challah, and a variety of salads for lunch. View fullsize Special Saturday treat. How it Started... View fullsize ... and how it's going. View fullsize Time to ride a train! Arlo hasn't ridden the BTS in a very, very long time! View fullsize Woah! And just like that, here's the train. View fullsize We're on our way to Kheha, the last stop on the Sukhumvit line. View fullsize The end of the train is the best place to stand: not only is it the emptiest, but there are no ads plastered over the windows, blocking the view. View fullsize Arlo was looking for cement mixers down below the whole time. View fullsize The masked family. View fullsize The view approaching the Erawan Museum, famous for its massive 3-headed elephant. View fullsize Said Three-Headed Elephant. View fullsize The screeching wheels as the train took the sharper turns was a bit loud for Arlo. View fullsize And the view approaching Kheha, the final station. View fullsize Feels like we've reached the countryside indeed. View fullsize Here we are! View fullsize Now it's time to turn around and do it all over again. View fullsize Another escalator! This afternoon is not only about trains! View fullsize Rehydrating for the long ride back to Ekkamai. View fullsize Great view out this unobstructed window. View fullsize Sunday: another bike ride, this time at Rot Fai [Train] Park. View fullsize The park used to be the golf course of the State Railway of Thailand, so it's a nice, big, green space. View fullsize They have massively improved the bike path since we were last there (12 years ago?) View fullsize The 3km bike path goes along a canal for a while. View fullsize Stopping at the Butterfly Garden and Insectarium. Arlo liked the waterfall. View fullsize And we saw lots of bees... View fullsize ... but there seemed to be more butterflies outside the butterfly garden than inside it! View fullsize Back on our bikes, which pleased Arlo. View fullsize Nice and shady most of the route. View fullsize Uh oh! Who's at the wheel now? Arlo, you'd better hang on! View fullsize Enjoying the shade, which helps lower the temperature, too. View fullsize Group shot. View fullsize Hello up there! View fullsize Yee haw! (With one hand on the bell, ringing it at all times.) View fullsize Arlo asked to stop at the playground. Climbing up to the platform. View fullsize And sliding down the slide on his own accord. View fullsize Climbing up this ladder. View fullsize Hello up there? View fullsize And climbing up onto another platform. View fullsize And for his grand finale: climbing up a slide! (He saw another kid do it first.) View fullsize He made it! View fullsize May as well slide back down, now that we're up here. View fullsize Pool time! View fullsize Special Monday dinner: burritos! View fullsize Watching the medley of truck videos: our new nightly routine. View fullsize And after 6 long months, Arlo has his first play date: chez his friend Ronan. View fullsize The highlight of the playdate? Getting to drive the car afterward. View fullsize Arlo will be here pressing all the buttons; see you next week!
![Sunday: another bike ride, this time at Rot Fai [Train] Park.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57a5b670e6f2e1f140d28fbd/1635762730726-WFJQ8MF3XXTZ64O9OM9Z/27.jpg)
