Creatures of the Green Lagoon

After a lazy morning, Ryan and I decided to head out and explore the city some more. We headed off to Bangkok's largest and most popular park, Lumphini Park. It boasts 58 hectares of land, and in the centre are two artificial lakes where you can rent paddle boats and head out on the water, so that's what we decided to do.

The paddle boats were definitly not made for farang (expats) legs - and especially not mine! But we made do. I had just finished telling Ryan not to dangle his fingers in the murky waters - who knows what might have a nibble, when we spotted the creature . . . a massive Iguana!

He must have been at least 6 feet long! We followed him across the lake until he disappreared into his home.
We also spotted a few other smaller (4 footers) iguanas, some turtles, huge catfish, and lots of interesting birds on our 1/2 hour tour of the lake.

After our paddle we wandered around the park. I don't know if you are up on your Thai parklands, but they are work-out havens. People come in the mornings and evenings to run, do group aerobics and tai chi, or do the circuit training or weights that are found throughout the park. The park by our place is a smaller version, but after seeing what Lumphini has to offer Ryan and I have decided to travel the extra 20 mins on the skytrain and do the circuit one evening.
Anyway, here's some more pics from the park: