Just asfter crosssing the Mekong river in Vientiene I realized how social and frendly the Thai people are. Always ready to welcome you with a wide smile.
Thailand
Patani, capital of the old sultanate.
“A strong army, a stable country” is what I read in the first check point I found in Nakhon Si Thamarat: militars armed with big assault weapons and bullet-proof vests made me noticed that I was entering to another Thailand. I was getting into the south east thailand muslim provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat, what back in the days used to be the Sultanate of Patani.
Travel in context 