Feeling a bit better today, a fellow traveler – Nikoli – and I decided to take a stroll in the nearby parks before the daily rains came. A stroll meaning we had to go down some winding streets, cross a freeway, up stairs to train platforms, circle around the overpass and descend stairs to the street, take an underground pass across another freeway, then through more winding, jungle laid streets (which had some cute baby monkeys playing in the trees), to reach the park gate which led to another long stretch of paths and hills down to a small lake.
Resting and trying to cool off at the lake, we had the fortunate sight to spot three recently married couples taking pictures, which happened to be right next to the bathrooms at the boathouse. What lovely memories that will make! I snapped a few photos of two of these couples, but as the skies threatened rain, we decided to make our long trek back.
We stopped shortly for some local food (which I pray will settle well with my already hurt stomach) and was quickly followed by afternoon naps. We arrived just in time for the massive thunderstorms that you can pretty much set your watch by around here.
“Held to the past too aware of the pending
Loiter the whole day through and lose yourself in lines dissecting love.”
– The Shins, Past And Pending
“And if you’d ‘a took to me like
A gull takes to the wind.
Well, I’d ‘a jumped from my tree
And I’d a danced like the king of the eyesores
And the rest of our lives would ‘a fared well.”
– The Shins, New Slang
