Nearby, cars limp down Bangkok's Naradhiwas Rajanagarindra Road in the evening traffic, tiny specks with glowing pinpoints for headlights. But it's the views of the Chao Phraya River off in the distance that impress the most; unbroken vistas of the "River of Kings" and its dramatic twists, the flowing water marred by the slim lines of wake that trail behind the barely distinguishable boats that cut through it.