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Songkhla Hashing
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Mixed family Hash -- Meet
every Saturday

About Songkhla
The rather laid back town of Songkhla sits on a narrow peninsula separating the great inland sea of Thale Sap from the ocean. The current city sits on the south side of the opening between the Thale Sap and the sea. The area around the opening has been settled for more than two millenia. Sathing Phra, on the north side of the opening, was an important trading port during the Srivijaya Empire from the seventh to the thirteenth centuries.

The move south came in the late eighteenth century, when a Chinese trader named Yieng Ho was granted the right to collect bird nests (as in bird nest soup) around the Thale Sap. Rama I later named Yieng Ho governor of the province, once Thai authority over the area was settled with the British in Malaya. His descendants held the governorship for several generations. One of them built the huge mansion that today houses the National Museum.