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RE: New Year... Songkhla! Family History and a Quick Tour

in Worldmappin2 years ago

Actually, Robert the Bruce lived and taught there for 10 years. It's where he met the wife's sister. He even speaks Thai which the family ram down my throat at every opportunity lol

Khun is just the word we add before a person's name and yes, he's the father in law lol

It's a lovely city and the contrasts between old and new are wonderful, such as the old wooden houses by the river with the red satellite dishes up and the fact that we paid for the 'hundreds' of years old ice cream by QR code directly from the banking App!.

It's also nice that you can wander around all day and not see a white face. Foreigners don't venture this far South usually as you're on the borders with the three most southern provinces which are Muslim and a little bit dodgy. Songkhla is about 60:40 in favour of Buddhists and it's a great mix with loads of food choices etc.

Just a couple more pins to come for Songkhla in the coming weeks. I wish more foreigners would venture down as it's a great tourism location .

Hope you had a great Christmas and New Year :-)