So my day did nt stop after the gloriousness of the Food Hall. I then wandered to Jim Thompson House and took a tour. I then took a very long walk to Lumpini Park, during which I encounter throngs of asian school children and not much else. Also passed by a Thai University that was pretty amazing looking. Lumpini Park is basically Bangkoks equiavalent to Central Park. Its lovely with paths andponds andlots ndlots of joggers. I witnessed 2 of the strangest things Ive encountered yet while in the park. The first iswhat is certainly the largest(and most asian to infinitely more entertaining) jazzercise class ever. Or maybe it was a flash mob due to the abrupt ending. Either way it was pretty amazing and i feel very lucky to have witnessed such a superb (and asian) routine. The next surreal moment was when walking along the jogging path at dusk. I heard some vaguemusic in the distance that remindedme of whatwoud be played at jamboree or perhaps a theme par geared towads children. I didnt pay much attention as this has happened several times during my bangkok wanderings. But I then nticed that every singlle person in the park stopped exactly where they were in whateer direction they happened to be facing. And there werea lot of people in the park. it was creepy to say the least. They didnt sing along or put their hands to theirhearts,they just stood there motionless. when the music ended they went bck to business as usual. This was my first (and so far only) encounter with the Thai National Anthem, which is played at dawn and duskeach day.
After getting completely lost leaving the park, I usedthe subway frt he first time. I must applaud bangkok on their incredibly efficien and easy tonavigate public transit system. it was become my goo friend. I then headed back to Suhkumvit forthe evening, whereI hadasolodnner at a local spot and had an incredibly entertaining conversation with 2 swedish dudes who were pretty much living cartoon charachters, Johanne and Sfen :)
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