Morning run in Bangkok

For the first time I woke up early enough to go running and it turned out to be a great idea. Our hotel was only a couple of minutes from Lumphini Park, and there I found thousands of people, especially older folk, doing early morning activities - running, tai chi, yoga, even ballroom dancing! The circuit had distance markers and I went twice around for a total of just over 5km. This is a pretty short run for me but I was dripping sweat. This was at 7am. I walked another couple of km just to get a feel for the place. Very different atmosphere than later in the day.

The walk to/from the hotel was also interesting. The foodsellers that lined the street in the evening had been replaced with others selling breakfast - one stand seemed to be selling just hot butter toast - another made a fry-up: rashers sausages and eggs. It made me wonder if Thai people ever eat at home. The streets are simply lined everywhere with food sellers.