Lumphini Park

3 years ago

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We decided to visit Lumphini park which is often described as Central Park of Bangkok. It’s like a breath of fresh air after all the shopping and sightseeing. You can run, exercise, ride a bike, rent a pedal boat or just relax in the shadows and watch people going on with their daily lives. You can easily see water monitor lizards, a huge variety of birds and other species after just sitting down somewhere for 20 min. The park lies on a 142 acre large landmark and has an artificial lake as well as many areas for relaxing. Lumphini was the first public park in Bangkok and it lives up to it’s name of Bangkok Oasis with it’s smoking ban, no dogs are allowed and even biking around the park is permitted only during certain hours of the day. You can also buy food at a cafe or street food stalls, all options are available here. Lumphini park is easily accessible from the central Sukhumvit area, you don’t even need a transport to get here. The big, green spot on the map of Bangkok is this park, impossible to miss and it’s astonishing that this green oasis is located right in the middle of the hustle and bustle of central Bangkok. Find a good and quiet spot, bring some take-away food from nearest restaurants and enjoy a picnic for an hour or two. You will even forget that you are in the middle of the city with a population of 10 million. Oksana Petersen