Just a quick post today... better than nothing though right?

I took the following videos while going around the ferris wheel at the Night Bazzar located adjacent to Lumphini Park. Lumphini is the largest park here in Bangkok. Central Park it ain't, but it's big enough to contain a 5km running path, a small lake with boats you can rent, and lots of opportunities to people watch. There are always various sports, classes and activities going on. Unforunately I don't live close enough to it to make running there a realistic possibility... instead I just go up and down the side street outside my apartment. It's boring, and you have to dodge the occasional car or motorcycle (really there isn't much traffic on the soi though)... but it's convenient.

Anyway, enjoy the glimpse of Bankok from the top of the Rouge Paris (I think that was the silly French name of the ferris wheel). Hopefully this will give you some idea of just how expansive the city is. It doesn't quite have a highly centralized "downtown" like NY or Chicago, but it is stays dense and fully urban for miles upon miles in every direction... no suburban sprawl here.

Take 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXEgbK47QUM
Take 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hztXgZwi0-s