Outdoor sights in Bangkok
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Chuvit Garden
The story behind this park is shadier than the plantings. Khun Chuvit, the benefactor of the park, was Bangkok's biggest massage parlour owner. He was arrested in 2003 for illegally bulldozing, rather than legally evicting, tenants off the land where the park now stands (between Soi 8 and 10).
With all the media attention, he sang like a bird about the police bribes he handed out during his career and became an unlikely activist against police corruption. Chuvit later ran unsuccessfully for Bangkok governor in 2004 and successfully for the Thai parliament in 2005. This park was one of his campaign promises. It's a pretty green patch in a neighbourhood lean on trees.
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Benjasiri Park
In summer, this park, built to honour Queen Sirikit's 60th birthday, hosts many open-air events. It's built around an ornamental lake, with most of the surrounding lawn space taken by canoodling couples and teenage mating rituals-in-progress. If you're lucky you might spy a game of tàkrâw (a Thai foot game played with a rattan ball.
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