Our next-door neighbors!

Bangkok 019, originally uploaded by tatsushu.

This is what we see looking straight down from our bedroom: the residence of the Japanese Ambassador to Thailand!

The house and grounds are quite beautiful (from above, anyway-- we really haven't looked much at street level). The pond is filled with large koi (Japanese carp), and the "fishing pavilion" evidently provides a great place to feed them from, as I've seen the fish swarming around there at certain times!