My associate in Bangkok, Ms. MoongMink, is preparing a day’s outing for me upon my return to Thailand’s capital city. As a lover of flowers and plants, she will be taking me to a number of different places – one of Bangkok’s premier flower nurseries; Khru Waan’s two acre garden oasis, the largest private garden in Greater Bangkok; and to Seri Thai Park, Bangkok’s beautiful water park located in the heart of the city. I’m really looking forward to this all day excursion, as I will be seeing a part of Bangkok that most tourists never see. Here’s a report filed by Ms. MoongMonk on Seri Thai Park.

Seri Thai was opened to the public in 1987 as part of a flood prevention project initiated by His Majesty the King Rama IX. Once known as Bueng Kum (Bueng in Thai = a big pond) or Bueng Ta-thong, the vast public reservoir was renamed Seri Thai Park in honor of the Seri Thai or free Thai movement, on the occasion of 52nd anniversary of the end of World War II. The park covers an area of 145 acres; one section of the park was allocated for the creation of Bangkok Forest Park as a commemoration to King Rama IX’s 50th reigning anniversary. The forest park consists of 3 parts, namely Thawisuk, Rom-Sai and Charoenkarn, all of which are partly planted with perennial plants and allocated for flowers and fruit trees garden, both Thai and foreign species, as well as an island pavilion which is populated with 10 species of palm trees.

By the way, I will be arriving in Bangkok on Nov 12 – only 2 weeks from now. Don’t forget to subscribe to my RSS feed to ensure that you receive all my updates, reports and commentary on my whirlwind 30-day adventure to Thailand and Malaysia.