I didn't ask them to come to Thailand, but they did. Well, my son visited me last summer from Japan, and it was his first oversea's travel. We went fishing, went to swim at the ocean, went to some other fun places, and he liked 'em all. So, after he and my wife went back to Japan and a couple of weeks later, he called me and said, "I am gonna move to Bangkok." To a 8 year old boy who doesn't speak English or Thai, moving to Thailand is a huge commitment and experience. He doesn't like spacy food, but he liked this warm weather and good ol' fruits and stuff. He liked fishing, too. So, he decided it.
I admire that. And I decided, too. I wanna go fishing every weekend, but if he (or maybe my wife) asks me to take them to anywhere, I go out with them.
You think it's normal? Do you think an angler like me wants to go shopping with a woman who doesn't buy a thing but look around all day without a plan, and I am comfortable with it? Hell no!! But I keep my mouth shut and go out with her although I don't want to, because I wanna go fish.
Anyway, Bangkok is not the best city to raise children. No park, no playground, no soccer fields or anything for kids to play at. I mean NOTHING. There are a couple of parks in Bangkok. One park is 5 minutes from my condo, but it's no ground to play around. Just trees and running spots to go around. Another park is just a big pond and a walk way around it. The largest park is currently occupied by people who participated Coup d'etat. They live there with camping tents...
Thanks to my condo. They have a swimming pool, tennis courts, and a kid's playground so that kids can play, but not at every condo.
Thus, how do kids, especially my son, discharge their enery? We go to Fun arium.
http://www.funarium.co.th/
It's an indoor playground. In Japan, we have Aeon Fantasy. There is Aeon Fantasy in Bangkok, too. But they are small, and my son says not fun at all. Therefore, we choose to go to Fun arium.
There are a huge and complicated jangle jim, basketball court, bicycling field, rock climbing walls, cooking studio, drawing studio, and many things. Kids at Fun arium run around all the time look extremely excited.
Food over there is not bad at all. This day I ate a Thai traditional noodle. The stuff asked me "spacy or not spacy". I ordered spacy one. What happended is I had a stomachache until late night....
I wish Bangkok government produces a park for kids, only for kids.