Continuing from Tapi river at the western promenade of Surat Thani.
From Surat Thani we moved up north some 40 km to the town of Chaiya.
It is a small town but with much historical significance.
For some believed this is where the Malay empire of Srivijaya started nearly 1,400 years ago before extending southwards.
More than 500 years later, when the empire has shifted capital to a central part of the island of Sumatera records where found that Chaiya could be the northenmost frontier of the empire...
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