{"id":819,"date":"2017-09-20T04:39:18","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T04:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/?p=819"},"modified":"2018-04-13T22:59:50","modified_gmt":"2018-04-13T15:59:50","slug":"lumpini-park-bangkok-breakfast-is-served","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/2017\/09\/20\/lumpini-park-bangkok-breakfast-is-served\/","title":{"rendered":"Lumpini Park, Bangkok &#8211; Breakfast is served!"},"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 finest piece of calm in my 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;\">\u00a0Lumpini Park as:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/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<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\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-S7tVrfIdvM4\/WKv6Kii_b-I\/AAAAAAAAJ-s\/AZj4MXARyms-EC0JosX1tOTFzZ_qz3N-ACLcB\/s640\/LumphiniPark2017.jpg?resize=799%2C197&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"799\" height=\"197\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><span 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\u00a0most\u00a0charming.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1411\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Lumpini-Park12-986x1024.jpg?resize=700%2C727&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Lumpini-Park12.jpg?resize=986%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 986w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Lumpini-Park12.jpg?resize=289%2C300&amp;ssl=1 289w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Lumpini-Park12.jpg?resize=768%2C798&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Lumpini-Park12.jpg?w=1972&amp;ssl=1 1972w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\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;\">We are right in the middle of the unbearably hot months of March to June, so 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><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/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\" class=\"aligncenter\" 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;\">\u00a0<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, our Crazy Poodle at our heels, walking in our sometimes drought-stricken local Melbourne parks.<\/span><\/div>\n<div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1416\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Lumpini-15-1024x906.jpg?resize=700%2C619&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Lumpini-15.jpg?resize=1024%2C906&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Lumpini-15.jpg?resize=300%2C265&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Lumpini-15.jpg?resize=768%2C680&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Lumpini-15.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, sans-serif;\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Walking has always been for me a way to combine exercise, connect with our neighbourhood, be amongst nature, yes even in a city, and be amongst the passing seasons.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p data-blogger-escaped-style=\"text-align: justify;\">I used to hate it if I went for a walk and we were surrounded by loads of people. In Lumpini Park you are rarely alone, and if you are you take a photo!<\/p>\n<div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1413\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Lumpini-Park11-768x1024.jpg?resize=700%2C933&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Lumpini-Park11.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Lumpini-Park11.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Lumpini-Park11.jpg?w=1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">These are the very same reasons I am enjoying these Thai park mornings. The flowers and park buildings seem exotic to my eye 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. <\/span><\/div>\n<div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\" data-blogger-escaped-style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">S&#8217;pose you can&#8217;t blame the ducks for being in scarce supply&#8230;<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div data-blogger-escaped-style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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>\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. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1414\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Lumpini-Park10-1024x591.jpg?resize=700%2C404&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Lumpini-Park10.jpg?resize=1024%2C591&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Lumpini-Park10.jpg?resize=300%2C173&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Lumpini-Park10.jpg?resize=768%2C444&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Lumpini-Park10.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" 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;\">In fact, Lumpini 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 civilised too. 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 colourful plastic plates and bowls.\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;\">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. 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. 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><\/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;\">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. I&#8217;m not quite sure I&#8217;m dressed right for the park&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1415\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Lumpini-Park-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\/2017\/09\/Lumpini-Park.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Lumpini-Park.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Lumpini-Park.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Lumpini-Park.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Lumpini-Park.jpg?resize=230%2C230&amp;ssl=1 230w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Lumpini-Park.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" 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&#8217;ve bought new shoes, they wouldn&#8217;t pass the girl about town fashion test in London or Melbourne, but boy are they great for Bangkok! I must admit, I look at them in our room wondering whose they are&#8230; but needs must.<\/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;\">On Sunday I took Mr Wren 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! I can&#8217;t say we will be back there much again, apparently, it&#8217;s too difficult running and dodging all the people.\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;\">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. 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