{"id":1409,"date":"2018-04-13T23:10:14","date_gmt":"2018-04-13T16:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/?p=1409"},"modified":"2018-05-23T14:30:12","modified_gmt":"2018-05-23T07:30:12","slug":"lumpini-park-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/2018\/04\/13\/lumpini-park-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Life in Lumpini Park &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, sans-serif;\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">I wanted to take you on a little tour of my local park here in Bangkok, it&#8217;s perhaps the best piece of calm in this energetic town.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, sans-serif;\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Lonely Planet describes the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, sans-serif;\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">142-acre<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, sans-serif;\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">\u00a0Lumphini Park as:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;\">&#8216;the best way to escape Bangkok without leaving town<\/b><span style=\"font-family: verdana, sans-serif;\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;\">&#8216;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, sans-serif;\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Moving to a new city makes even a simple walk around a lake an adventure. It&#8217;s reminiscent\u00a0of the excitement of going out to feed the ducks as a kid, without the ducks! I&#8217;m sure in the months to come I won&#8217;t look twice at what I&#8217;m seeing, but for now, everything is\u00a0mostly\u00a0charming.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"separator\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-S7tVrfIdvM4\/WKv6Kii_b-I\/AAAAAAAAJ-s\/AZj4MXARyms-EC0JosX1tOTFzZ_qz3N-ACLcB\/s1600\/LumphiniPark2017.jpg?ssl=1\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  data-blogger-escaped-style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-S7tVrfIdvM4\/WKv6Kii_b-I\/AAAAAAAAJ-s\/AZj4MXARyms-EC0JosX1tOTFzZ_qz3N-ACLcB\/s640\/LumphiniPark2017.jpg?resize=640%2C158&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"158\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, sans-serif;\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">The weather is heating up and before we get to the unbearable months of March to June, I&#8217;m making the most of being dropped at the park gates in the early hours of the day on Mr Wren&#8217;s way into work.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"separator\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-3C_Cg6jb5-E\/WK6HL6UaxgI\/AAAAAAAAJ_A\/YU7qv-X_D8swYF860luL5PP58we3BA59ACLcB\/s1600\/LP2017a.jpg?ssl=1\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  data-blogger-escaped-style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-3C_Cg6jb5-E\/WK6HL6UaxgI\/AAAAAAAAJ_A\/YU7qv-X_D8swYF860luL5PP58we3BA59ACLcB\/s640\/LP2017a.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, sans-serif;\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">It&#8217;s a far cry from the walks of my childhood wrapped in scarves and anoraks, wearing wellies amidst the soggy British countryside. Or our\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, sans-serif;\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">recent years, with the Crazy Poodle at our heels, walking in our sometimes drought-stricken local Melbourne parks. It was a lovely way to combine exercise, connect with our\u00a0neighbourhood, be amongst nature, yes even in Melbourne, and be amongst the passing seasons.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1423\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Lumpini14-1024x1024.jpg?resize=700%2C700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Lumpini14.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Lumpini14.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Lumpini14.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Lumpini14.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Lumpini14.jpg?resize=230%2C230&amp;ssl=1 230w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Lumpini14.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, sans-serif;\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">These are the very same reasons I am enjoying these Thai park mornings. The flowers, park buildings and shrines are exotic to my eyes and it was a big\u00a0woah\u00a0moment when I thought I&#8217;d spotted something akin to a Queensland croc when the giant monitor lizards came out of the water. S&#8217;pose you can&#8217;t blame the ducks for being in scarce supply&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_821\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-821\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-821\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Bangkok_lumpini-865x1024.jpg?resize=700%2C829&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Bangkok_lumpini.jpg?resize=865%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 865w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Bangkok_lumpini.jpg?resize=253%2C300&amp;ssl=1 253w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Bangkok_lumpini.jpg?resize=768%2C909&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Bangkok_lumpini.jpg?w=1730&amp;ssl=1 1730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-821\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Monitor Lizards<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p>I have written previously about the park clear up of these monitor lizards who were terrifying the tourists. It became a step too far when the authorities decided that the cat population was becoming too numerous and many cats were removed to be &#8216;rehoused&#8221;\u00a0 You can read more here:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/littlewanderingwren.blogspot.com\/2017\/09\/cat-lovers-in-uproar.html\">Cat lovers in uproar at Lumpini Park<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I now smile at every surviving cat in the park, and I&#8217;m a dog person!<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1434\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Lumpinicat1-921x1024.jpg?resize=700%2C778&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Lumpinicat1.jpg?resize=921%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 921w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Lumpinicat1.jpg?resize=270%2C300&amp;ssl=1 270w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Lumpinicat1.jpg?resize=768%2C854&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Lumpinicat1.jpg?w=1842&amp;ssl=1 1842w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, sans-serif;\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">I love being in amongst all the frenetic activity of the park and relatively fresh air.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, sans-serif;\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, sans-serif;\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">\u00a0Thais seem to live to eat and exercise and there is plenty of this happening. In fact, Lumphini Park is really just one huge alfresco\u00a0open air\u00a0dining room and breakfast is served!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, sans-serif;\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">It&#8217;s pretty\u00a0civilised\u00a0too. We&#8217;re not talking a cookout Aussie style of bring-your-esky, rug and find a barbecue. Here there are plenty of picnic tables amongst the trees, with electrical sockets and it&#8217;s BYO your own kettle and rice cooker and concoct a delicious brekkie to be served on\u00a0colourful\u00a0plastic plates and bowls.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1435\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Lumpini2-1024x891.jpg?resize=700%2C609&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Lumpini2.jpg?resize=1024%2C891&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Lumpini2.jpg?resize=300%2C261&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Lumpini2.jpg?resize=768%2C668&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Lumpini2.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, sans-serif;\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Looking from a distance the women are chattering and laughing, they are so engrossed I am invisible. I stand silently confused on the sidelines. You see it&#8217;s 7.58 am and music blares out. I&#8217;ve been told this is the national anthem played twice a day and respect dictates a motionless response. The women seemingly obvious continue talking at nine to the dozen. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, sans-serif;\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Thinking I&#8217;ve got this wrong but bemused as the knife-wielding tai-chi women on the road ahead have stopped. The yellow tassels\u00a0on their swords dangle still. I continue standing, until bang on\u00a08 am, the music changes and in unison, the women arise, silent. The air thick with the smells of breakfast. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, sans-serif;\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Sweat trickles down my back, but I daren&#8217;t move&#8230; until the lead from the women who in unison sit and carry on their conversations, laughing&#8230;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, sans-serif;\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">There\u00a0is\u00a0a walking, jogging and cycling track around the perimeter of the park. The time I am there no bicycles are allowed, I walk on the road because the path like all in Bangkok is rough and uneven.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, sans-serif;\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">On Sunday I took\u00a0Mr\u00a0Wren there for a run, he ran like Usain Bolt and came past me walking looking puce in the face. He reckons Bangkok jogging is good for morale as the majority take a common sense approach to the heat and take it at a sedentary pace. Spot the newbie in town!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"separator\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"clear: both; text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-EPOOcIkrL2o\/WKvO4tkxQ4I\/AAAAAAAAJ-c\/HNfM5FONgBgrWc1Te1E8CcR0YIlbHU1BwCLcB\/s1600\/LumphiniFeb2107.jpg?ssl=1\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  data-blogger-escaped-style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, sans-serif;\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-EPOOcIkrL2o\/WKvO4tkxQ4I\/AAAAAAAAJ-c\/HNfM5FONgBgrWc1Te1E8CcR0YIlbHU1BwCLcB\/s640\/LumphiniFeb2107.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-blogger-escaped-style=\"clear: both; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, sans-serif;\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">There are two artificial lakes and you can take out boats and swan pedalos, but I&#8217;m thinking that might be for the tourists. As I&#8217;m now a local, I walk on by.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-blogger-escaped-style=\"clear: both; text-align: justify;\">There is so much to see and do in Lumpini, every time I go I see new and wondrous things.<\/p>\n<p data-blogger-escaped-style=\"clear: both; text-align: justify;\">I hope you have enjoyed this little wander in the park with me!<\/p>\n<p data-blogger-escaped-style=\"clear: both; text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-792\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/LWW_Logo-2.png?resize=350%2C100&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/LWW_Logo-2.png?w=350&amp;ssl=1 350w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/LWW_Logo-2.png?resize=300%2C86&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>L is for Life in Lumpini Park and part of Blogging from A to Z April (2018)<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Challenge<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1nd9634nZWf1FmHFZ6ofKxBiIwGPWqkct9T9H5ugDQBA\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>\u00a0to see the list of all participants!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Thanks so much to the organisers.<\/p>\n<p data-blogger-escaped-style=\"clear: both; text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1417\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/L.jpg?resize=200%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wanted to take you on a little tour of my local park here in Bangkok, it&#8217;s perhaps the best piece of calm&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1416,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[608,14,677],"tags":[625,644],"class_list":["post-1409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bangkok-blogger","category-thailand","category-thailand-a-to-z","tag-blogging-from-a-to-z-april-2018-challenge","tag-lumpini-park"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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