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Highlight 3) Lumpini Park
Now that you visited Wat Arun, take a cross river boat again and go with the ferry back
toSaphanTaksin.ThereyoutaketheSkytrainagaintothestation“SALADAENG”from
where it's only a very short walk over the big street crossing.
Thisparkoffersrareopenpublicspace,treesandplaygroundsintheThaicapitalandcon-
tainsanartificiallakewherevisitorscanrentavarietyofboats.Pathsaroundtheparktotal-
ingapproximately2.5kminlengthareapopularareaforeveningjoggers.Officially,cyc-
ling is only permitted during the day between the times of 5am to 3pm.
LumpiniParkwascreatedinthe1920sbyKingRamaVIonroyalproperty.Astatueofthe
kingstandsatthesouthwesternentrancetothepark.ItwasnamedafterLumbini,thebirth-
placeoftheBuddhainNepal,andatthetimeofitscreationstoodontheoutskirtsofthecity.
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