Category: Thailand History

The National Museum in Songkhla

Thailand History

The category Thailand History includes all the stories and blogs about the history of Thailand apart from the history of Chiang Mai. Although this all started with my interest in the history of Chiang Mai, I quickly realized that my interest is much broader than that. My interest is also not limited to the history of North Thailand.

Travel and history

I started the website Travel and History because I wanted an outlet for articles that are not related to tours necessarily. I also was very much interested in travel advisories, general travel stories, and the history of southeast Asia. The pandemic has stopped me from traveling outside Thailand so it is now more limited than before.

South Thailand

I have also become interested in the Deep South of Thailand in 2018. Since then I have traveled to Songkhla, Yala, Narathiwat, and Pattani provinces five times. It is a very interesting area with a lot of history. I enjoyed hardly meeting anyone in the Deep South. That made it an almost exclusive experience.

Phuket and the history of tin mining

Through circumstances, I got involved in research in the history of the tin mining industry in Yala province. That also raised my interest in Phuket, Takua Pa, and Ranong places that are not too far from Anurak Lodge. I am one of the owners of Anurak Lodge so I go there quite often. I have a number of reports of tours, made by British consuls in the 1930s.