hello welcome back and welcome to bangkok and welcome to the newest
area of ben chikiti park here in central bangkok it is a brand new multi-billion dollar park and
you can see why there's the most incredible and long skywalk lots of art installations
a huge amphitheater for probably outdoor events and other things later in the year
it's brand new it's beautiful it's green it's quiet and it's right in the middle of bangkok
and today we are going to go explore it and you're invited so get your walking shoes on
and let's go explore the brand new area of bencher kitty park in the middle of bangkok
okay let's start our exploration of ben chakkitty park now benshi kitty park is not actually new
there's always been a bench of kitty park here big lake and a nice little track to walk and
run around and right in the middle just five minutes down the road from asok bts station
however next door adjacent to the park is a huge area that for many years has been derelict
and they've redeveloped it into a park now they could have just put up another 150
tall buildings here and offices and condos and made an absolute fortune but thankfully
they've decided to convert it into a green space and an artistic space and
really excited to have a look around now when you get to the um entrance you'll see a sign here and
you'll see that there are four zones and we're in zone one which is predominantly just this car park
so this car park they're expecting lots of visitors and that's good and so far
it's only half past four in the afternoon on a friday most people are finishing work soon
so i'm sure the park will get busy as the sun starts to go down and as you can see
i mean what a setting and five minutes away from a bts two minutes away from the mrt and so zone one
seems to be just a car park a beautiful thai flag and some nice pavements with some
benches but let's go into zone two three and four and really get to see this park
so
so zone one is lovely they've got lots of planted trees and green space here people
cycling and walking through it's beautiful it's actually two male birds here calling and they
have quite a unique call and if i'm not mistaken i think they're perched on the koropitia geyaninus
tree and which is the latin and if you're wondering how do you know that paddy they
have signs i have signs all over the place and so you can you know pretend that you can speak latin
okay so we're into the second zone now there's a dedicated bicycle lane as well which kind of
goes through so you don't have to worry too much if you're walking or running here to get
hit by a bike they have their own area in fact if you have a bicycle and you're looking for a
really nice big green space to cycle away from all the noisy traffic then this is the
place as well obviously this is our first adventure in bangkok and i wanted to come
to some green spaces you know if you know me and you know this channel you know i love
the nature and i'm always in the national parks or climbing up mountains or something
and so it's not surprising to me and it shouldn't be to you that the first place
we've come in bangkok after i've got settled and fixed dreamy is come to some of the parks here
now here there seems to be a sky bridge let's take the sky one we might get a better vantage point
so yeah the skywalk is lovely and it gives you a really nice view
and they've actually got like a marshland almost like a wetland
in fact i think the nickname of this part of the park is the wetland
um because yeah it looks reminiscent it's just so nice to see isn't it a nice big green space huge
in the middle and surrounded by the city you know not only does it give life to the city and oxygen
just helps give it a bit of space and everywhere you look there's cranes and buildings going up
so fair play to bangkok for putting this here and and turning this into what it is which is an oasis
this is a beautiful beautiful part of bangkok guys just been admiring the view for a good 20 minutes
there's a few people here with long lenses taking pictures of birds
and the wildlife and the sunset and people come in to take nice photos for graduation
and just soak up the beautiful afternoon here there's also this big green space amphitheater
style area so i would imagine they'd use that for events uh in the future or just for thai
people to come and exercise or people in bangkok to come and chill in a green space surrounded by
very nice ambience
honestly this is one of the nicest parks i've seen in any city in any country and just look at
the reflection behind me they use the water here really well they have the marshland as well as
these rock pools that they've obviously made and it looks beautiful from obama through the drone
but just look at the reflection here of the way it reflects the city skyline and you can actually see
my building over there it's really really local to where i'm staying and i mean just spectacular
okay so i've come to the final zone the fourth zone and it's just another huge marshy area
with again the skywalk this one seems to be a little bit more open a bit more green a bit
more wildlife friendly and it has a spectacular view of i think it's the nana and the blur and
[ __ ] area because i recognize my friend's condo building and he lives there and oh okay so this
area is not quite finished look that's a shame so we would have gone along the skywalk here
and yeah there are some buildings over there that don't look quite finished yet and that might be
part of zone four in the future and i really want to see what this park looks like at night
now i have a gym class at seven and it's only half past five and it's gonna get dark very soon
so i might go for a little jog i've got my gear on and put my camera away and
then once the sun's gone down we'll see if this gets lit up because i'd love it if this
whole skywalk in park got lit up at night surrounded by the lights of the city since
i got half an hour to kill before it gets dark let's go for a little jog
as you can see they do light it up now it would probably look a little bit nicer if i hung around
for another half an hour but i do have to nip to the gym but you can see that they do light it
up using these kind of like led cable lights that run underneath the banisters along the whole route
and then down in the marshland the walkways are also lit with spotlights and i can just
see with the the twilights of the city lights turning on and the sun going down and it turning
in tonight this is fantastic this is beautiful so i'm really glad that they do light it up at night
but yeah like i said i have to go i have to go back on dreamy nip to a sock go to my gym and do
a workout and of course over the next few weeks we're going to be exploring a lot of bangkok and
surrounding provinces lots more parks lots more food lots more adventures we're gonna see all
of the places you don't know and visit some of the ones you do know and so get ready to learn a
lot about bangkok i know i am and we started today with the new brand new area of bencher kitty park
here in bangkok okay that's it i gotta go thanks for watching i'll see you in the next one bye
you