Benchasiri Park

This guide to Benchasiri Park in Bangkok starts with the weather bureau that once stood on this land, before it moved out east and left eleven acres of Sukhumvit waiting for a new purpose. It follows the decision to open a park here on August 12, 1992, marking Queen Sirikit's sixtieth birthday and the Thai Buddhist idea of a fivefold cycle the park's name honors. You'll hear about the twelve sculptures by Thai artists placed around the lake in her honor. Walk the loop around the water and see how many you can find.