CRASH LANDING: If the reception at Incheon airport was less than sparkling, Seoul itself and the resort island of Jeju proved diverting Published caption : Within walking distance from the elevated park on the Thon Buri side, the Princess Mother Memorial Park is a well-known attraction and also the pride of locals. Located on Soi Somdet Chao Phraya 3, the park was built in 1993 as a memorial to the modest childhood of the late Princess Srinagarindra, or the Princess Mother of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (King Rama IX). Thai people also called the princess “Somdet Ya”, meaning the princess grandmother. The park is situated in a 4 rai plot of land donated by the former owners, Daeng and Lek Nana, to King Rama IX who later granted ownership of the land to the Chaipattana Foundation. The park houses a life-size sculpture of the princess, a replica of her house, and an exhibition zone telling the story of the princess and the community. The park also houses an art gallery, a library and the remains of walls and housing units of servants of Chao Phraya Sriphiphat Rattana Ratchakosa Thibodi (Pae Bunnag). He was the minister of trade during the reign of King Rama V.