Limpini Park and Chinatown

Sunday was another full day of exploring. Ty, Christian, and I set out at 9:30am to check out a massive market called, Chatuchak Weekend Market before it got too crowded and hot outside!I've been to the market a few times before but keep returning because it is THE place to shop in Bangkok. Check out the link I attached and you will see that you really can find any and everything at this market.

After a few hours at the market we decided to take the sky train over to Liberty Monument in downtown Bangkok and then walk to Limpini Park from there.

The park is a 142 acre green area and we were pleasantly surprised by its beauty. Immediately upon entering we headed straight for the paddle boats and hopped in one with two duck heads on it!

Our calm paddle around the lake was interrupted by a monstrous monsoon and instead of heading for the shore to dock, we opted to wait the storm out under a little cement walking bridge. While it didn't provide perfect cover, it was an amazing place to watch the storm pass.

 

We soon found that we were not alone under the bridge though and kept a constant, sharp eye on the MASSIVE lizard/alligator creatures swimming and crawling 15 feet from us. Ty found an article later that quantified these beasts and you can read about them here. While our time at the park was not what we envisioned it was nonetheless memorable!

After that we headed over to Chinatown in Bangkok and got a delicious meal.

I haven't written much about the food here and that's just because I could go on for hours about it. Our meal last night was especially delicious though and we all splurged, coughing up a whopping $10 per person instead of the usual $1.

We went all out and ordered prawn cakes, a whole grilled snapper, crab meat curry, and blackpepper prawn stir fry. 

We made it back to our apartments at 8pm after a full 11 hours of exploring under our belts! I just want to absorb as much of Bangkok as possible in my time here and I definitely look forward to the weekends when we have time to spend the whole day out having small adventures and finding our way around this beautiful city.